Superhero Sex Shops Archive

The Pleasure Chest NY, NY- Superhero Sex Shop

Since 1972 NYC’s The Pleasure Chest has been bringing sexy stuff to Greenwich Village. It has been featured on Sex and The City (yep, that’s where Charlotte bought “The Rabbit”)

In April 2007 Baltimore, Maryland’s Sugar opened and then stuff got awesome. Okay, so I’m over-simplifying a bit but this place is seriously cool. I could go on about the great

Some of the best parts of the Superhero Sex Shop Tour were the surprises. When I set out on the tour I had never heard of SHAG but then when

Update: Sadly, Tulip is no longer with us. My visits were always phenomenal (including a time in Fall 2013 when I walked in requesting a dildo based on a friend’s

I was so excited to go to Milwaukee. I thought I was going to hit jukeboxes and put gloves on beer bottles and other people thought I was going to go to this

Most of the shops on the tour I had some knowledge of before I got to, be it from having been there already or lots of online interaction, I felt

So, if you were following my exploits throughout the Superhero Sex Shop Tour you know that I did a good deal of shopping a long the way… some might say

UPDATE: This piece has been edited after complaints that folks didn’t know who the Justice League was. A link has been added. Well, I’m home (or at my brother’s home

As you may remember from my shout out in Why Good Sex Shops Matter my very first good sex shop experience took place on Rivington Street in NYC, circa 2003

So, as you read this I am on a plane to Toronto. I know it seems like I’ve been on the Superhero Sex Shop Tour for a while already but

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JoEllen Notte is a writer, speaker, and mental health advocate whose work explores the impact of depression on sex and relationships. Since 2012 she has written about sex, mental health, and how none of us are broken here at The Redhead Bedhead.

JoEllen has led workshops nationwide on sexual communication, navigating consent, having casual sex kindly, and dating as an introvert. She has toured sex shops, spoken at length on dildos, and even started a sex school but she is happiest and most effective when writing and speaking on behalf of quiet people who have sex. Check out her video series on attending conferences as an introvert and her extensive writing on sex and depression.

JoEllen has spoken at Clark College, University of Chicago, University of Tennessee, the Guelph Sexuality Conference, Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit, and the Playground Conference

JoEllen’s first book The Monster Under the Bed: Sex, Depression & The Conversation We Aren’t Having was published by Thorntree Press in March 2020. Her new book In It Together: Navigating Depression with Partners, Friends, and Family was published by Thornapple Press in March 2023.

Superhero Sex Shops Archive

The Pleasure Chest NY, NY- Superhero Sex Shop

Sugar, Baltimore MD – Superhero Sex Shop

SHAG Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Superhero Sex Shop

Tulip Toy Gallery Chicago, IL- Superhero Sex Shop

Tool Shed Milwaukee, WI – Superhero Sex Shop

Sexploratorium, Philadelphia PA – Superhero Sex Shop

Cool Stuff From the Cool Shops! aka So Many Dildos So Little Time

What I Learned on The Superhero Sex Shop Tour (& Thank You Notes)

Babeland LES, NYC – Superhero Sex Shop

Hitting the Road- Bring on the Superhero Sex Shops!