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Elly Blue is a writer and bicycle activist living in Portland, Oregon. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Grist, Bicycling Magazine online, Bitch Magazine, BikePortland, The Magazine, and Momentum, among other publications. She has been featured on Democracy Now!, in the Oregonian, and on Oregon Public Broadcasting. Along with Joe Biel, she is co-producer and director of Groundswell, a series of movies about people using bicycling to make their communities better and a co-owner of Microcosm Publishing.

$30-40 Superpack: Owning Our Damage Warehouse Sale! (Published Books)
by Super Pack! Author, Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author, Ian Giesbrecht Author, Jane Goodall Author, 8 more
10 books worth $130, yours for just $40... it doesn't get much better than that! Here's a …
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Teenage Castaways: True stories of shipwreck survivors
by Elly Blue Author
These five true stories are about teens who survived shipwrecks and lived to tell their incredible stories. The first …
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Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers
by Lydia Rogue Editor, Elly Blue Series Editor, Charlie Jane Anders Contributor, M. Darusha Wehm Contributor, Tucker Lieberman Contributor and Ether Nepenthes Contributor
Take a ride with us as we explore a future where trans and nonbinary people are the heroes. In worlds where …
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Round the Clock Joe: Celebrating 24 Years of Microcosm Publishing (A Love Zine)
by Elly Blue Editor, Sidnee Grubb Series Editor, Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN 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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$20 Superpack of Enjoyable Distractions
by Elly Blue Author, Kate Lopresti Author, Erica Dawn Lyle Author, Joshua Ploeg Author, Meadow Shadowhawk Author, 3 more
Sometimes you want to know everything that's going on around you, your brain whirring like a machine, soaking it …
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Sticker #340: I'm Queer, I Bike, and I Vote
by Elly Blue Author
The old left-right political spectrum is sooo last-decade. Let the polls know where your allegiances fall.
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Dragon Bike: Fantastical Stories of Bicycling, Feminism, & Dragons
by Elly Blue Editor, Monique Cuillerier Contributor, Cecilia Granata Cover and Gretchin Lair Contributor
From the great, winged, fire-breathing lizards of the west to the wise, flying serpents of the east, dragons play …
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Bicieconomía: Cómo movernos en bicicleta mejorará la economía (si nos lo permitimos)
by Elly Blue Author and Oscar Montiel Author
La economía del mundo se encuentra en un punto crítico. Durante décadas, hemos fundado …
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True Trans Bike Rebel
by Lydia Rogue Editor, River Katz Cover, Elly Blue Series Editor and Elly Bangs Contributor
Bicycling as a sport, a means of transportation, and a passionate pursuit is explored here by transgender, …
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Bikes Not Rockets: Intersectional Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories
by Elly Blue Editor, Elly Bangs Contributor, Monique Cuillerier Contributor, Gretchin Lair Contributor and Summer Jewel Keown Contributor
As you ride down the intergalactic bike path, you come to a crossroads. Which path will you take? Your choice could …
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Chainring Heart Feminist Fist enamel pin
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 …
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Patch #243: Legalize Blackness
by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author
For all that our media tries to make other countries scary--"Dangerous Mexico!" "Scary Iran!" …
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Bikequity: Money, Class, & Bicycling
by Elly Blue Editor, Joe Biel Contributor, Lauren Hage Contributor, Gretchin Lair Contributor, Adonia E. Lugo, PhD Contributor and Katura Reynolds Contributor
Bicycling has the radical potential of equalizing our transportation system, creating more equitable opportunities from …
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Patch #238: Feminist 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, …
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$40 Superpack: Color Your Heart Out
by Elly Blue Author, Katie Guinn Author, Taliah Lempert Author, Tom Neely Author, Meggyn Pomerleau Author and Super Pack! Author
Love to color? Get yourself a copy of all five coloring books we've published. Host a coloring party, give the gift of …
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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 …
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Patch #241: My 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. But intersectional feminism doesn't …
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Bikes in Space: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction
by Elly Blue Editor, Katura Reynolds Cover, Kate Berube Contributor, Elizabeth Buchanan Contributor, Nicky Drayden Contributor, 4 more
A powerful tribute to feminist sci-fi about bicycles. It gravitates away from the unfortunately-traditional macho …
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13 Years of Good Luck: The Microcosm Publishing Sampler
by Julia Alekseyeva Contributor, Lee Baillie Contributor, Alexander Barrett Contributor, Nate Beaty Contributor, Joe Biel Contributor, 32 more
To celebrate our thirteenth anniversary of publishing books and zines about self-empowerment, we put together this …
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$25 Superpack: Depression First Aid Kit
by Sascha Altman DuBrul Author, Elly Blue Author, Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN Author, Anika Ledlow Author, Super Pack! Author and Set Sytes Author
Hello, depression: an old friend we're never happy to see come around again. If you're in the depths or …
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$25 Superpack: Good Grief
by Elly Blue Author, Katie Haegele Author, Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN Author, Ben Holtzman Author, Anika Ledlow Author, 3 more
With this superpack, we're dialing down right into the hardest stuff. Grief, illness, torture, …
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Biketopia: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories in Extreme Futures
by Elly Blue Editor, Jessie L. Kwak Contributor, Gretchin Lair Contributor, Cynthia Marts Contributor and Maddy Spencer Contributor
In a world with an uncertain future, do you imagine for the best or for the worst case scenario? Twelve writers tackle …
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$20 Superpack: Rebel Alliance
by Dawson Barrett Author, Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author, John Gerlach Author, Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN Author, 5 more
Want to join the Rebel Alliance? Congratulations, you're already on the team. These books will help get you primed …
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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 …
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$20 Superpack: Books Brought to you By the letter B
by Nate Beaty Author, Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author, Al Burian Author, Keith Rosson Author, Sarah Royal Author and Super Pack! Author
Of all the letters in the alphabet, we probably have the most books that begin with a B! Get this bundle of B books: …
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Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy
by Elly Blue Author
Now updated and expanded with new angles on social justice! Elly Blue's Bikenomics provides a surprising and …
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Stressed & Overwhelmed: Good Habits for the Exhausted Overachiever
by Elly Blue Author
If you're the sort of person who takes on every project and responsibility until suddenly it's one thing too …
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$25 Superpack: Taking Back Pink
by Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author, Box Brown Author, Nicole Georges Author and Super Pack! Author
Our creative director (ahem, Joe) loves the color pink—the brighter the better, though he also has an affinity …
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Cycletherapy: Grief and Healing on Two Wheels
by Anika Ledlow Editor, Elly Blue Series Editor, Joe Biel Contributor, Anna Brones Contributor, Lauren Hage 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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$30 Superpack: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction
by Elly Blue Series Editor
Feminist science fiction about ... bicycles? Yup! We're pleased to introduce this genre, and we think …
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