Superhero Sex Shop Map

Are you looking for an awesome sex shop? You’re in the right place! As you know, from my piece with that title, I have very strong feelings about Why Good Sex Shops Matter and I know, from your response to that piece that you agree! I have amassed a list of shops that share that mission. Shops that provide high-quality products made with body-safe materials, shops that provide accurate education, shops that have an open, inclusive environment for folks to learn, explore, and play – Superhero Sex Shops. These are some of the coolest places I’ve found to shop with and learn from. Check them out for great websites, in-person workshops and excellent shopping for when you decide to apply your new-found knowledge.

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.