Superhero Sex Shops, CatalystCon, Gloryhole & Hugh Hefner Jammies

Superhero Sex Shops, CatalystCon, Gloryhole & Hugh Hefner Jammies – a Roadtrip

Hey all!

So if you follow my adventures you know that I’ve been a busy little bee. Last week I took the Superhero Sex Shop Tour through California hitting San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz and San Diego before hitting LA for Pleasure Chest’s Gloryhole party and CatalystCon. It was pretty awesome and I am freaking exhausted. So, although I have a lot to actually tell you about, today I’m just going to show you some pretty pictures. Check out the shops I visited, some of my road looks, the lovely man who spanked me, my Hugh Hefner con-jammies and more!

JoEllen sitting in a car wearing brown glasses and a white t-shirt with red rings on the sleeves and neck and a red vibrator design on the front

Good Vibrations Mission St. San Francisco

5 women posing at a party: JoEllen, Elle Chase, Nina Hartley, Ashley Manta, Kali Morgan

Two women standing in front of a large red neon sign reading "Sex is Back"

Good Vibrations Berkeley

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.