Toys for Grown Ups Archive

3 Silicone Toy Companies You Should Be Checking Out

If you’re anything like me, when you like something you can go back to it over and over again… and frankly I know that some of you are exactly like

***NOTE: SADLY THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED*** As time goes on I am developing definite toy preferences. When it comes to dildos I have come to really like toys with

Hello folks! So this week marks exactly a year since I landed in Portland— craziness. You’ve all followed me through this amazing, and at times terrifying, journey. Along the way

Okay, so this was part of LELO’s April Fool’s joke! Sorry guys, no Left Handed Orgasms for you! The adult toy market is full of products claiming to be innovative

Hey folks! It’s my birthday this week and I have so much fun stuff going on (you may already notice the site looks a bit different- it’s a work in

So, as you may have noticed, I have been on the road for the last 12 days. I miss my home, I miss my bed, I miss other stuff. I

So last January I made my first sex toy to-do list. It was adorable. My site was about 6 months old and frankly, I knew NOTHING! I’m amazed that there

Well, 2013 has been amazing- all sorts of touring and conferences and general assorted Bedhead awesomeness! Along the way I’ve met so many incredible people, seen a bunch of amazing

I love a sexy product. I am an Apple devotee (Save it, I’m not changing my mind on it. I don’t care that your Dell was $12.95) and cool gadgets

JoEllen in a purple shirt, with purple nails, holding a glass butt plug with a purple tail

Yes, I know, I’ve been celebrating the Bedhead’s first birthday for almost a solid month now but bear with me for one more post. I want to share with you

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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.

Toys for Grown Ups Archive

3 Silicone Toy Companies You Should Be Checking Out

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Giveaway: Someone’s getting a Mystic Wand for MY Birthday!

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The Redhead Bedhead’s 2014 Sex Toy To-Do List

The Bedhead’s 2013 Favorite Things!

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The Bedhead’s Birthday Top 10 Sexy Finds List