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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

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
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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
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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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$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
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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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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
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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
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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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Common Brain Traps
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Cognitive distortions are ways that our mind convinces us of something that isn't true. These irrational thoughts …
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Stagnating vs Effective Leadership
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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
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Put things into perspective and make sure you're on the right track. Life's too short not to be the best person …
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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 …
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Autism Acceptance
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Show your autism pride with this multi-colored enamel pin. A rainbow infinity shape reads "Actually Autistic."
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Punk Damage: How The Punk Scene Gave Me Tools and Hope (Once It Stopped Screwing Me Up)
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In 2013, when John Roderick’s “Punk Rock is Bullshit: How a Toxic Social Movement Poisoned Our …
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Your Neurodiverse Friend #3: 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 …
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Patch #102: Fix Shit Up
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Are you tired of fucking shit up? Well, time to fix all that is broken to prove we are DIY punks.
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How 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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Proud to be Retarded #3: 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
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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
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Because abortions should be safe, legal, available, and shame-free. Smash the stigma with this 1" round …
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(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, Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN Author, 6 more
If Microcosm was a person, they'd be in their early twenties, chock full of the messy connotations that this …
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How to Boycott: Make Your Voice Heard, Understand History, & Change the World
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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 …
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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 …
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Your Neurodiverse Friend #2: Being Taken Advantage Of
by Joe Biel Editor, Temple Grandin, Ph.D Contributor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Kriss De Jong Contributor, Partly Robot Contributor, Laura Stanfill Contributor and Emily Velasquez Contributor
The first time that I met my favorite autistic mentee, she walked right up to me, declaring “You don’t look …
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People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business From the Ground Up
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So, you want to publish books. Drawing on 24 years of experience operating an independent publishing company, …
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Gin 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 …
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Sticker #411: Believe Women
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I mean, it's a step towards avoiding the nomination of more sexual abusers on the Supreme Court (or any other place …
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