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Elly Blue is a co-owner and the vice president of Microcosm Publishing, and the co-host of the People's Guide to Publishing podcast. Her books include Everyday Bicycling and Bikenomics, and she is the editor of the annual Bikes in Space anthology of feminist bicycle science fiction. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner, their dog, and a small fleet of cargo bicycles.

C.A.T.S.: Cycling Across Time And Space: 11 Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories about Bicycling and Cats

C.A.T.S.: Cycling Across Time And Space: 11 Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories about Bicycling and Cats

by Elly Blue Editor, Gretchin Lair Contributor, Cecilia Granata Contributor, Monique Cuillerier Contributor, Jessie L. Kwak Contributor, Summer Jewel Keown Contributor and Kathleen Jowitt Contributor

Has your cat been plotting to take command of your spaceship? This and other important questions are tackled in the 11…

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Chainring Heart Feminist Fist

Chainring Heart Feminist Fist

by Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author and Cecilia Granata Illustrator

Show your feminist bicycle power with this enamel pin based on Cecilia Granata's re-imagining of the Schwinn bicycle…

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Cycletherapy: Grief and Healing on Two Wheels

Cycletherapy: Grief and Healing on Two Wheels

by Anika Ledlow Editor, Elly Blue Series Editor, Joe Biel Contributor, Anna Brones Contributor, Cheyenne Winters Contributor, Gretchin Lair Contributor and Amy Subach Contributor

Can you pedal your way through everything life throws at you? Taking on the bicycle as a means of making sense of life…

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Dragon Bike: Fantastical Stories of Bicycling, Feminism, & Dragons

Dragon Bike: Fantastical Stories of Bicycling, Feminism, & Dragons

by Elly Blue Editor, Monique Cuillerier Contributor, Cecilia Granata Cover, Gretchin Lair Contributor, M. Lopes da Silva Contributor, Taru Luojola Contributor and Jennifer Lee Rossman Contributor

From the great, winged, fire-breathing lizards of the west to the wise, flying serpents of the east, dragons play a…

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Essential Recipes for all Occasions

Essential Recipes for all Occasions

by Elly Blue Author and Anna Ricklin Author

While most cookbooks feature specialized fare for rare occasions, or worse yet, optional recipes for unique occasions,…

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Everyday Bicycling: Ride a Bike for Transportation (Whatever Your Lifestyle)

Everyday Bicycling: Ride a Bike for Transportation (Whatever Your Lifestyle)

by Elly Blue Author

Everyday Bicycling is your guide to everything you need to know to get started riding a bicycle for transportation. Elly…

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Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior

Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior

by Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author and Meggyn Pomerleau Illustrator

You've heard of mansplaining, but what about manstitutions? From manologues to manversations, mantrums to manger, the…

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On Bicycles: 50 Ways The New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life

On Bicycles: 50 Ways The New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life

by Karl Anderson Author, Elly Blue Author, Shawn Granton Author and Amy Walker Author

Bike culture is exploding in cities like Portland, OR, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Montreal, and Vancouver, BC.…

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On Quitting: Tips for Kicking Alcohol

On Quitting: Tips for Kicking Alcohol

by Elly Blue Author

Alcohol plagues a lot of people, and if you've decided you no longer want it to plague you, this handy little zine is…

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Our Bodies, Our Bikes

Our Bodies, Our Bikes

by Elly Blue Editor, April Streeter Editor, Katura Reynolds Contributor and Emily June Street Contributor

An homage to the classic Our Bodies, Ourselves, this encyclopedic, crowd-sourced compilation of essays, resources,…

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Patch #238: Feminist Chainring Fist

Patch #238Feminist Chainring Fist

by Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author and Cecilia Granata Author

Sometimes it's hard to sum up the totality of who you are in a single symbol. Peace signs, anarchy symbols, rainbows,…

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Patch #241: My Feminism Helps You Too

Patch #241My Feminism Helps You Too

by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author

So often we are told that feminism means that someone else is losing something or that we are another crazy chick on the…

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Patch #243: Legalize Blackness

Patch #243Legalize Blackness

by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author

How hypocritical that our media tries to make other countries seem scary. And yet, forty percent of Americans don't even…

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PDX by Bike: Your Guide to Discovering Portland, Oregon by Bicycle

PDX by Bike: Your Guide to Discovering Portland, Oregon by Bicycle

by Elly Blue Author and Meghan Sinnott Author

In this hands-on guide, Meghan and Elly lay out a basic primer for getting your feet wet (often literally) in the City…

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Pedal Zombies: Thirteen Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories

Pedal Zombies: Thirteen Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories

by Elly Blue Editor, Amelia Greenhall Contributor, Jessie L. Kwak Contributor, Gretchin Lair Contributor, Maddy Spencer Contributor and Emily June Street Contributor

In the not-so-distant future, when gasoline is no longer available, humans turn to two-wheeled vehicles to transport…

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Pin #221: Bikenomics

Pin #221Bikenomics

by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author

Pedaling our way to health and wealth, one bike and button at a time! Encourage healthy cycling habits for yourself and…

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The Portland Box

The Portland Box

by Alexander Barrett Author, Elly Blue Author, Laura O. Foster Author, Shawn Granton Author and Meghan Sinnott Author

Celebrate the awesomeness of Portland with this counter display pack including: • 6 This is Portland (2nd Edition)…

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The Post-Structuralist Vulva Coloring Book

The Post-Structuralist Vulva Coloring Book

by Meggyn Pomerleau Illustrator and Elly Blue Editor

Vulvas are too often either crudely objectified or shrouded in mystery. No longer! The Post-Structuralist Vulva Coloring…

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Round the Clock Joe: Celebrating 24 Years of Microcosm Publishing (A Love Zine)

Round the Clock Joe: Celebrating 24 Years of Microcosm Publishing (A Love Zine)

by Elly Blue Editor, Sidnee Grubb Series Editor, Dr. Faith G. Harper Contributor, Nick Perry Author, Jessica Mullen Author, 6 more

In honor of the 24th anniversary of Microcosm, we solicited true stories from people who have known founder and…

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Shift Happens: Critical Mass at 20

Shift Happens: Critical Mass at 20

by Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author and Chris Carlsson Author

This is the sequel to Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration, an awesome classic that chronicled the Critical…

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Sticker #312: Proud, Taxpaying Bicyclist

Sticker #312Proud, Taxpaying Bicyclist

by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author

Given how the money is doled out, you may not always be proud to pay taxes, but it's likely that you are paying them,…

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Sticker #314: If I Had Biked Today, This Parking Spot Would Be Yours

Sticker #314If I Had Biked Today, This Parking Spot Would Be Yours

by Elly Blue Author

Got a car? Put it to work doing bicycle advocacy when it would otherwise just be sitting there! Let other drivers know…

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Sticker #315: Internet Antidote

Sticker #315Internet Antidote

by Elly Blue Author

Eyes glazed over? Fingers hurt from all that typing? Head filled with anger from that thing someone said in a comment?…

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Sticker #316: I Believe in Bicycles

Sticker #316I Believe in Bicycles

by Elly Blue Author

We believe in the power of the bicycle! You gotta believe in something and bicycles are pretty great. (Sturdy vinyl…

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Sticker #317: Feminist Machine

Sticker #317Feminist Machine

by Elly Blue Author

A bicycle is what a feminist machine looks like. In case anyone was wondering. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black or…

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Sticker #318: Carfree and Carefree

Sticker #318Carfree and Carefree

by Elly Blue Author

Gas. Insurance. Constant repairs. Aggressive drivers. Poorly maintained roads. Will a car based life ever be a carefree…

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Sticker #319: Bike Love

Sticker #319Bike Love

by Elly Blue Author

Bike love! A simple message about how you really feel. Don't let the world's road rage get in the way! (Sturdy vinyl…

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Sticker #320: Bicycling Saved My Life

Sticker #320Bicycling Saved My Life

by Elly Blue Author

Everything changes when you start biking, often for the better. If bicycling saved your life and you want the world to…

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Sticker #321: Ann Strong quote

Sticker #321Ann Strong quote

by Elly Blue Author

"A bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get…

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Sticker #322: All-Weather Cyclist

Sticker #322All-Weather Cyclist

by Elly Blue Author

Let the world know that rain, snow, hail, wind, sun, drizzle, frost, fog, torrential mist: You ride through it all!…

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