Why Are Dildos Shorter in the Midwest?

My newest piece on Kinkly.com talks about some of the things I learned about regional tastes while on the first leg of the Superhero Sex Shop Tour. These lessons were huge! Check it out:

What’s In Your Sex Toy Kit? It All Depends on Where You Live – Kinkly.com

Why do I know that dildos are shorter in the midwest? Because I’ve seen ALL the shops! Check out the Superhero Sex Shop map to see where North America’s best sexy shopping can be found.

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.