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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 and co-founder of the Portland Zine Symposium. Biel has been featured in Time Magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, Art of Autism, Utne Reader, Oregonian, Broken Pencil, Punk Planet, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll. Biel is the author of People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business on the Spectrum, Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior, Make a Zine, The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting, Proud to be Retarded, Bicycle Culture Rising, and 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. The Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy described Biel as "not trained in pedagogy." Biel lives in Portland, Ore. Find out more at joebiel.net


$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
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$25 Superpack: Your Neurodivergent Friend
by Super Pack! Author and Joe Biel Series Editor
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Your Neurodiverse Friend #5: Interactions with Police
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Do Not Pet: How to Become a Service Dog
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Autism Causes Vaccines: Stories of Neurodiverse Inventors and Discoveries
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No Self Injury for One Year
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A People's Guide to Business: Nine Rules for Success
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Start and grow your successful business your wayUnlike any other small business guide out there, A People's …
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Make a Zine!: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution
by Joe Biel Author with Bill Brent
Do you have a passion that you want to obsess about in a love letter to the world? In this new edition of …
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How You Relate To Others
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It is not always easy to be our most authentic selves. We wear masks all the time (and not just to stay safe in a …
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Boyfriend 411: Your Guide to Emotions, Communication, and Decoding Men
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Bicycle Culture Rising #3: A History of Bicycle Activism in Portland, OR
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In this, the third issue of Joe Biel's award-winning, ongoing look at the Critical Mass movement, we are given a …
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The Autism Handbook: Everything You Wanted to Know About Life on the Spectrum
by Joe Biel Author and Dr. Faith G. Harper Author
What's it like to be autistic? As many as one in forty-five people live that reality every day, but our culture …
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Understanding Eugenics: The U.S. and Nazi Plans to Shape the Gene Pool & Control the Population
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Robert Smalls: The Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship, Broke the Code, & Freed a Village
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During the Civil War, the enslaved Black crew of a Confederate ship was left to sleep on board overnight. Following a …
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How to Sell Stuff at an Event
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So you've got a business where you make stuff—zines, books, crafts, art, widgets. Whatever it is, you're …
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Unfuck Your Writing: Write Better, Reach Readers, & Share Your Inner World
by Joe Biel Author and Dr. Faith G. Harper Author
Want to be a writer, but the words won't come? Do you have a lot to say but don't know how to write it so …
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Your Neurodiverse Friend #1: A User Guide to Treating People Like People
by Temple Grandin, Ph.D Contributor, Joe Biel Editor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Gee23 Contributor, Kate McNulty Contributor, 4 more
Neurodiversity occupies a similar place in the public consciousness as gay rights did in the 1970s: most people on the …
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Autism Partner Handbook: How to Love Someone on the Spectrum
by Joe Biel Author and Dr. Faith G. Harper Author
So, your partner is autistic. Or you suspect they might be. And you're wondering, "What does this mean for my …
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Proud to be Retarded #6: Gender
by Joe Biel Author, Kriss De Jong Author, Jo-Jo Sherrow Author and Eliot Daughtry Author
Neurogenders are gender identities that can only be understood in the context of being autistic or otherwise …
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Sticker #041You Can't Trust the Government
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Just ask any Indigenous person.(Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads: "You …
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Sticker #101Gentrification Is
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GENTRIFICATION is the destruction of a community when it is referred to as "development." It is …
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Sticker #105Bombing for Peace is Like Fucking for Virginity
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How could anybody ever be fooled into believing that you could save anybody with bombs? This one makes the absurdity of …
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Sticker #008Don't Support Wars Fought Over Economic Interests
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Sticker #025Racism Is a Fear of Other Cultures
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Understand the world around you.(Sturdy vinyl sticker with white print on a black background, or black print on a white …
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Sticker #088In 1492 Indigenous people discovered Christopher Columbus lost at sea
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Sticker #361Don't Tread On Me!
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"Don't Tread on Me" is a timeless sentiment but it has special meaning for those who find …
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Sticker #370If You Rented Here You'd Be Homeless Now
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Sticker #372Is There a Nap for That?
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To nap is human. State your allegiance to the art of napping with this lovely sticker!(Sturdy vinyl sticker with black …
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Sticker #097My Only Car Is a Bicycle
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Sticker #014Revolution Begins with an Individual
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