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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.
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Throughout science there has been minor discrepancies in the way that different species evolve. Some become sleek racers…
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For nearly as long as the original evolution t-shirt has been designed, people have been asking for a variant. Gender…
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Where did the bicyclist come from? Only Darwin would know. And he'd probably ride up on his own bike. After all it makes…
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In this day and age of overwhelming and misleading media headlines, we present the first "fair" and "balanced" t-shirt.…
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View Details Quick ShopGin Blossoms: Suicide, Corporatism, Addiction, Creativity, and the Lessons of Doug Hopkins
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"Hey Jealousy," "Found Out About You"... most of the hits from the Gin Blossoms' 1992 breakout album, New Miserable…
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The history of Microcosm Publishing, from its origins as a record label and zine distro in Joe Biel's bedroom closet in…
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View Details Quick ShopHow to Be Accountable: Take Responsibility to Change Your Behavior, Boundaries, and Relationships
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Accountability means accepting responsibility for your actions and repairing any harm you have done. This book can be…
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Have you made choices you regret, grown away from your values, damaged your relationships, or hurt yourself and…
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View Details Quick ShopHow to Be Funny: The Art and Science of Making Light of Reality Through Humor
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Have you ever wanted to be funny? Do you crave making and emphasizing your points through humor? Autistic people have a…
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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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It's not always easy to make the right choice. It's not always easy to know what your choices are! But with this helpful…
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Life is full of major decisions and often we get lost and mired in the slog of figuring out what's best for us, or…
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Life is full of major decisions and often we get lost and mired in the slog of figuring out what's best for us, or…
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Do you have travel anxiety that ramps up before you leave? Let's tackle that, especially when it comes to packing your…
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How to Recognize What You Need
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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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It's not always easy to know what you need. We go through our day, and we feel tired, cranky, paralyzed with indecision,…
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Add to CartHow to Ride Slow: Bicycling in the age of whatever topic is trending on social media this minute
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Bicycling has many obvious health benefits, but the least obvious one is the mindful act of bicycling. Rather than…
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View Details Quick ShopHow 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 super…
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View Details Quick ShopHow to Thrive / How to Starve
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Recently, an artist friend celebrated a modicum of success after five years of hard work. Many people cheered and…
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Recently, an artist friend celebrated a modicum of success after five years of hard work. Many people cheered and…
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Add to CartHow 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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The self that we bring with us to work or to social contexts isn't always the same. We have our good days and our bad…
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Add to CartIf It Ain't Cheap, It Ain't Punk: D. un I. t Y.
by Eric Ayotte Author, Joe Biel Author and Jeremy Hogan Author
Over the last fifteen years, Plan-it X Records helped foster a huge cultural revolution, uniting geographically divided…
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View Details Quick ShopIs This a Problem?
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Stop comparing yourself to other people! Understand how you feel and solve your crisis with this helpful infograph.
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Ever get overwhelmed by a situation? Not sure how to resolve it, or even evaluate it? This helpful magnet set with a…
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Add to CartKittie Knox Remembered
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Katherine “Kittie” T Knox (1874-1900) challenged perceptions of race and gender in the national spotlight from a…
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View Details Quick ShopLive Free or Drive (train) Magnet
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Ah, how I yearn for the days of the trolley taking us about. We could load up with bicycles and not worry about the…
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Let's skip right to the point: driving is a hellish task, what with the damage to the environment, the expense, and the…
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