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Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock. Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing, Publishers Weekly's #1 fastest-growing publisher of 2022 and #3 in 2023. Biel has been featured in Time Magazine, Esquire, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll, as well as on NPR and PBS. Biel is the author of A People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business with Autism, and dozens more. Biel is the director of five feature films and hundreds of short films, including Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland, $100 & a T-Shirt, and the Groundswell film series. Biel lives in Portland, OR. Find out more at joebiel.net.

$25 Superpack: Autistic Lives Matter

$25 Superpack: Autistic Lives Matter

by Super Pack! Author, Joe Biel Author, Dr. Faith G. Harper Author and Temple Grandin, Ph.D Author

There's a lot of writing about autism out there... and not nearly enough of it is written by and for autistic adults…

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Neurodivergent Pride #7: Anxiety

Neurodivergent Pride #7: Anxiety

by Joe Biel Author

The R-word has been used against us as hate speech for decades. Neurotypicals have tried to dictate our motives,…

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Evolution Bicycle

Evolution Bicycle

by Joe Biel Author

In this little story, we evolved to ride bikes. Which must be why it feels so damn amazing.

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Put the Fun Between Your Legs

Put the Fun Between Your Legs

by Joe Biel Illustrator

Get your mind out of the gutter! This beautiful pin, featuring a vintage bike with its message on delicate blue and…

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What Should I Do Next?

What Should I Do Next?

by Joe Biel Author

Often wonder what you should do next? We've got your back.  

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Stagnating vs Effective Leadership

Stagnating vs Effective Leadership

by Joe Biel Author

Figure out which kind of leader you are (and then, if needed, become the one you want to be)! *Have your poster shipped…

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Scarcity vs Abundance Thinking

Scarcity vs Abundance Thinking

by Joe Biel Author

Put things into perspective and make sure you're on the right track. Life's too short not to be the best person you can…

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How to Recognize What You Need

How to Recognize What You Need

by Joe Biel Author

Having trouble figuring out what you need? Self-care is not a binary. Often—especially if you aren't practiced in…

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Common Brain Traps

Common Brain Traps

by Joe Biel Author

Cognitive distortions are ways that our mind convinces us of something that isn't true. These irrational thoughts are a…

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Autism Acceptance

Autism Acceptance

by Joe Biel Author

Show your autism pride with this multi-colored enamel pin. A rainbow infinity shape reads "Actually Autistic."

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Neurodivergent Pride #6: Masking

Neurodivergent Pride #6: Masking

by Joe Biel Editor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Niko Boskovic Contributor, Vanessa Blanchard Contributor and fly Illustrator

The third installment of this zine series about what it means to be neurodiverse, and what the neurodiverse experience…

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Punk Damage: How The Punk Scene Gave Me Tools and Hope - Once It Stopped Screwing Me Up

Punk Damage: How The Punk Scene Gave Me Tools and Hope - Once It Stopped Screwing Me Up

by Joe Biel Author

In 2013, when John Roderick’s “Punk Rock is Bullshit: How a Toxic Social Movement Poisoned Our Culture” was…

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Patch #102: Fix Shit Up

Patch #102Fix Shit Up

by Joe Biel Author

Are you tired of fucking shit up? Don’t worry, we all make mistakes but they are all fixable! Why not start with your…

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How to Ride Slow: Bicycling in the age of whatever topic is trending on social media this minute

How to Ride Slow: Bicycling in the age of whatever topic is trending on social media this minute

by Joe Biel Author

Bicycling has many obvious health benefits, but the least obvious one is the mindful act of bicycling. Rather than…

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Neurodivergent Pride #5: Autistic People Interacting with Authority

Neurodivergent Pride #5: Autistic People Interacting with Authority

by Temple Grandin, Ph.D Author, Joe Biel Author, Vanessa Blanchard Author, Kriss De Jong Author, Ricki Bransen Illustrator and Eliot Daughtry Editor

The R-word has been used against us as hate speech for decades. Neurotypicals have tried to dictate our motives,…

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Bicycle Culture Rising #4: How Kittie Knox Made Bicycling for Everyone

Bicycle Culture Rising #4: How Kittie Knox Made Bicycling for Everyone

by Joe Biel Author

In the 1890s, bicycling was a cultural activity for the wealthy elite, with a bicycle costing about twenty weeks of a…

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Pin #046: Pro Choice

Pin #046Pro Choice

by Joe Biel Author

Because abortions should be safe, legal, available, and shame-free. Smash the stigma with this 1" round pinback button…

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(We’ve All Got) Baggage: Envisioning an Ideal Community and Engaging It With Our Own Problems and Hangups

(We’ve All Got) Baggage: Envisioning an Ideal Community and Engaging It With Our Own Problems and Hangups

by Dawson Barrett Author, Joe Biel Author, Joseph E. Green Author, Lauren Hage Author, Dr. Faith G. Harper Author, 6 more

If Microcosm was a person, they'd be in their early twenties, chock full of the messy connotations that this era of…

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How to Boycott: Make Your Voice Heard, Understand History, & Change the World

How to Boycott: Make Your Voice Heard, Understand History, & Change the World

by Joe Biel Author

From Chick-Fil-A to the Boston Tea Party, Nike to Women's Suffrage in the U.S., United Farm Workers to the Woolworth's…

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Punks Around #4: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 2001-2018

Punks Around #4: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 2001-2018

by Joe Biel Author and Alexander Herbert Series Editor

Minot may only be the fourth largest city in North Dakota, but it's a key player in the punk ecosphere. Home to the…

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People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business From the Ground Up

People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business From the Ground Up

by Joe Biel Author

So, you want to publish books.  Drawing on 24 years of experience operating an independent publishing company, Joe…

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Gin Blossoms: Suicide, Corporatism, Addiction, Creativity, and the Lessons of Doug Hopkins

Gin Blossoms: Suicide, Corporatism, Addiction, Creativity, and the Lessons of Doug Hopkins

by Joe Biel Author

"Hey Jealousy," "Found Out About You"... most of the hits from the Gin Blossoms' 1992 breakout album, New Miserable…

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Punks Around #3: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 1989-2000

Punks Around #3: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 1989-2000

by Joe Biel Author and Alexander Herbert Series Editor

In 1999 our show in MInot, North Dakota was canceled but the locals said that we could still come hang out. I gave them…

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Perfect Mix Tape Segue #7: Still Alive in Tree House

Perfect Mix Tape Segue #7: Still Alive in Tree House

by Joe Biel Author

During a period of transition, our protagonist takes refuge by living in a literal treehouse. For the first time in his…

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Neurodivergent Pride #3: The Survivors Issue

Neurodivergent Pride #3: The Survivors Issue

by Joe Biel Editor, Temple Grandin, Ph.D Contributor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Aaron Poliwoda Contributor and Partly Robot Contributor

The life expectancy of autistic people is 36 years old. The most likely cause of this is suicide. Autistic people are…

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Sticker #409: Defend Our Movements

Sticker #409Defend Our Movements

by Joe Biel Author

Ongoing movements are what allows us to create a better world in the future, and a big part of the work is defending…

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Sticker #406: Representation Means Safety

Sticker #406Representation Means Safety

by Joe Biel Author

It's so important to see people like us represented in the government, in our workplace, in our schools, in the media…

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Sticker #408: Purebread Princess

Sticker #408Purebread Princess

by Joe Biel Author

We all know that the real princesses are made entirely of bread. Don't we? Are you a purebread princess - one of these…

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Neurodivergent Pride #1: Autistic Pride in a Neurophobic World

Neurodivergent Pride #1: Autistic Pride in a Neurophobic World

by Joe Biel Editor, Temple Grandin, Ph.D Contributor, Ricki Bransen Contributor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Aaron Poliwoda Contributor, Tammy Porter Contributor and Partly Robot Contributor

The R-word has been used against us as hate speech for decades. Neurotypicals have tried to dictate our motives,…

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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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