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Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock. He is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing and co-founder of the Portland Zine Symposium. He 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. He 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. He 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." He lives in Portland, Ore and his work can be found 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
10 books worth $130, yours for just $40... it doesn't get much better than that! Here's a …
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How to Be Accountable Workbook: Take Responsibility to Change Your Behavior, Boundaries, & Relationships
by Joe Biel Author and Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN Author
Have you made choices you regret, grown away from your values, damaged your relationships, or hurt …
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Unfuck Your Writing: Write Better, Reach Readers, & Share Your Inner World
by Joe Biel Author and Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN 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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Patch #194: Punk Rock Saved My Life
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Punk rock saved my life, too. Tell the world with this canvas patch with rough-cut edges. Patches come in a variety of …
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Sticker #453: Be interested instead of trying to be interesting
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Curiosity is the best superpower. It opens doors, creates conversations, and means you'll never, ever be bored …
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How to Be Accountable: Take Responsibility to Change Your Behavior, Boundaries, and Relationships
by Joe Biel Author and Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN Author
Accountability means accepting responsibility for your actions and repairing any harm you have done. This …
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Proud to be Retarded #5: Relationships
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The R-word has been used against us as hate speech for decades. Neurotypicals have tried to dictate our motives, …
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Do Not Pet: How Activists Brought Disability Rights to the U.S.
by Joe Biel Author and Gerta Oparaku Illustrator
Service dogs, wheelchair-accessible buildings, and protection against being fired due to a disability—these basic …
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Perfect Mix Tape Segue #4: Going On Tour
by Joe Biel Author and Dave Roche Photographer
Three years after the fact Joe busts out a zine tour based zine about "Cocoon: The Road Trip" from 2004. A …
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Do Not Pet: A Service Dog's Graphic Tail
by Joe Biel Author with Caroline Spark PhD
Throughout human history, dogs have performed service tasks for us. Some of the earliest documented cases occurred …
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Superpack: Protest Power Counter Display
by Super Pack! Author, Adonia E. Lugo, PhD Author, Dan Méndez Moore Author, Joe Biel Author, Michael Hoerger Author, 4 more
Fuel the revolution with these books and zines that empower readers to understand key social issues and act on them. …
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Change Your Life then the World - embroidered patch
by Joe Biel Illustrator
Show your DIY pride with this 4-inch, black-and-white embroidered patch, featuring the Microcosm chainring heart …
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$50 Superpack: Stuck at Home
by Super Pack! Author, Joe Biel Author, Dave Roche Author, Emily June Street Author, Ben Snakepit Author, Robert Wildwood Author and Bill Brown Author
For everyone stuck at home right now looking for new inputs, this bundle of books is especially put together to absorb …
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Revolution Between the Lines Typewriter enamel pin
by Joe Biel Illustrator
What you write matters. What you read matters. Understanding the subtext and context of what you write and read matters …
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Pin #053: Why Do You Think They Call It Programming?
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The original design for this button pictured a boxy television. We figured we'd update it with a new twist for …
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Your Neurodiverse Friend #4: Comorbidities
by Joe Biel Editor, Eliot Daughtry Author and Kriss De Jong Author
For neurodiverse folks, it's a rare thing to have only one diagnosis (or misdiagnosis) at a …
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Sticker #088: In 1492 Indigenous people discovered Christopher Columbus lost at sea
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Columbus, you murderous fool.
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Pin #006: Shut Down the School of the Americas
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The School of the Americas is a U.S. training facility where militant groups are trained by the US military …
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Sticker #185: Read Zines, Change the World
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Read, reflect, act thoughtfully, repeat. Throw some writing and publishing your own zines into the mix and you've …
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Sticker #426: every action is an act of love or a call for it
by Joe Biel Author
A potent antidote to blame and shame, a path forward, a sobering reframing.
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Sticker #430: sorry, staring won't get rid of me
by Joe Biel Author
Have you ever been in a place where someone, clearly, couldn't figure out what you were doing there and wasn't …
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Sticker #429: maybe honking will help
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A helpful suggestion to place on your bicycle rack, motorcycle side, car bumper, or walking cane. Because who knows, …
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The Autism Handbook: Understand Its Many Intricacies (formerly How to Human with Autism #1)
by Joe Biel Author and Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN Author
If you're an autistic adult, there probably hasn't been a whole lot of guidance or community out there for you …
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$25 Superpack: Autistic Lives Matter
by Super Pack! Author, Joe Biel Author, Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN 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 …
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Proud to be Retarded #4: 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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Autism Partner Handbook: How to Love Someone on the Spectrum
by Joe Biel Author and Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN 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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Evolution Bicycle enamel pin
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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