With content primarily written by sex blogging superheroes Epiphora (Hey Epiphora) and JoEllen Notte (The Redhead Bedhead), this course also features a special, in-depth photography tutorial and tidbits of advice from 30+ successful sex bloggers, writers, and educators. Read about everyone below.
Epiphora
For over a decade, Epiphora has been testing sex toys and writing about them on the internet. She was one of the earliest online sex toy reviewers, building her blog, Hey Epiphora, into the success that is today. Highly trusted and well-known for her snarky style, Epiphora makes her living almost entirely through her blog, which delights her parents. Adult industry icon Stoya has called Epiphora her “go-to resource for sex toy reviews.”
As a trusted voice in the sex industry landscape, Epiphora has been published in Best Sex Writing of the Year, Volume 1 and Objects of Desire, and she’s been featured on Wirecutter, Mashable, VICE, The Strategist, MEL Magazine, and Bitch. She has been a guest on several podcasts (including Tristan Taormino’s Sex Out Loud Radio), led panels at various sexuality conferences, and Kinkly consistently names her a top sex blogger each year. Violet Blue called Epiphora’s blog “an invaluable resource, and has done more than anyone realizes to change the conversations around sex toys.”
JoEllen Notte
Since 2012, JoEllen Notte has been writing about “Sex, Mental Health, and How None of Us Are Broken” on her site, The Redhead Bedhead. In addition to be being an established sex writer, JoEllen is also a respected national speaker, and the industry’s sex and mental health thought leader. Her site serves as a go-to source for information on topics ranging from sex toys to the impact of mental health on sexuality. Her first book, The Monster Under the Bed: Sex, Depression & The Conversations We Aren’t Having was published by Thornapple Press in 2020.
Certified as a sex educator through Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts Sexuality Education Certification Series, JoEllen has presented at universities, conferences, and events throughout the U.S. and Canada. Her work has been featured in Kinkly, Bitch Media, YourTango, Glamour, The BBC, Prevention, and Salon to name a few. Her sex and depression research has been featured on Vice, as well as multiple podcasts including Savage Lovecast, Guys We Fucked, Sex Out Loud With Tristan Taormino and Sex Nerd Sandra. JoEllen has also been published in Sex Hacks, Objects of Desire, and Ask: Building Consent Culture.
Guest instructors
In addition to instruction from Epiphora and JoEllen, students will be treated to tidbits of advice from over 30 successful industry leaders! These masters of the craft have been writing, marketing themselves, and carving out sex education careers for years — you definitely want to hear their tips!
You’ll hear pearls of wisdom from:
- Sex educators — Tristan Taormino, Sunny Megatron, Sinclair Sexsmith, Joan Price, Dirty Lola, Elle Chase, Kate Kenfield, Robin Wilson-Beattie, Anne Hodder
- Esteemed bloggers — Girl on the Net, Girly Juice, Erika Moen, Dangerous Lilly, Tasha Fierce, Cara Sutra, Rae (theNotice), Lucas Brooks, Adriana, Mr BLK and Ms Pomegranate, Slutty Girl Problems, Taylor J. Mace, Cooper Beckett
- Writers — Rachel Kramer Bussel, Emily Nagoski, Jiz Lee, Lauren Marie Fleming, Frankie de la Cretaz
- The people behind sex toy companies Tantus, SheVibe, Lovehoney, and Good Vibrations!