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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. Biel has been featured in Time Magazine, Publishers Weekly, 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 on the Spectrum, Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior, Make a Zine, The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting, Proud to be RetardedBicycle 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. Biel lives in Portland, OR. Find out more at joebiel.net.

Sticker #001: Critical Mass

Sticker #001Critical Mass

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Critical Mass is an event typically held on the last Friday of every month in cities around the world where bicyclists…

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Sticker #003: Jesus Didn't Teach Hating Gay People

Sticker #003Jesus Didn't Teach Hating Gay People

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 Love makes the world turn, people. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads:…

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Sticker #008: Don't Support Wars Fought Over Economic Interests

Sticker #008Don't Support Wars Fought Over Economic Interests

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 Support humanity. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black or pink print on a white background. Reads:…

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Sticker #012: If We Aren't Supposed to Eat Humans

Sticker #012If We Aren't Supposed to Eat Humans

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 From the mouths of stickers, come very logical questions.(Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white…

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Sticker #014: Revolution Begins with an Individual

Sticker #014Revolution Begins with an Individual

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 And another, and another, and another, and another, and.....(Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white…

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Sticker #019: Punk Rock: Quality Marketed Rebellion since 1977

Sticker #019Punk Rock: Quality Marketed Rebellion since 1977

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Punk's origins in commercialism persist, even if the DIY, anarchic spirit of its adherents can rise above corporate…

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Sticker #025: Racism Is a Fear of Other Cultures

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 #036: Minimum Wage: The Latest Gateway Drug

Sticker #036Minimum Wage: The Latest Gateway Drug

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Minimum wage is so far below a living wage, that it's no wonder people turn to mind-altering substances to distract…

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Sticker #041: You Can't Trust the Government

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 #043: Fight Patriotism

Sticker #043Fight Patriotism

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We've all got battles to fight. And Patriotism is really not all that far off from Fascism.(Sturdy vinyl sticker…

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Sticker #049: Keep Driving Cars and We'll Keep Fighting Wars For Oil

Sticker #049Keep Driving Cars and We'll Keep Fighting Wars For Oil

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A hard pill to swallow, but truth nonetheless. We've gotta stop these aweful, greedy wars over oil.(Sturdy vinyl…

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Sticker #050: Standardized Healthcare

Sticker #050Standardized Healthcare

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Republicans will be quick to tell you that the national debt is a result of welfare mothers leeching off of the system.…

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Sticker #052: Hate Driving in Traffic?

Sticker #052Hate Driving in Traffic?

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People are always complaining about traffic, when they are literally sitting in their cars and being part of the traffic…

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Sticker #057: Internal Combustion is not Revolutionary

Sticker #057Internal Combustion is not Revolutionary

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Let's get back to the historic meaning of the word- the wheel. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with white print on a…

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Sticker #059: Freedom of Speech

Sticker #059Freedom of Speech

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We supposedly live in a society where freedom of speech is a basic right. But all of the platforms where you can share…

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Sticker #062: If schools were funded as well as the military, would people join the military?

Sticker #062If schools were funded as well as the military, would people join the military?

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Could the continued existence of the military industrial complex be connected to an education deficit? If our youth had…

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Sticker #066: TV Transmitters Require Passive Receivers

Sticker #066TV Transmitters Require Passive Receivers

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Don't become a zombie watching your favorite zombie flick. If you're going to watch TV, be an active…

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Sticker #067: Something Smells Like Gentrification

Sticker #067Something Smells Like Gentrification

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Gentrification is the process of turning old, decaying neighborhoods (normally housing minorities) into new, exciting…

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Sticker #072: When Bicycle Wheels Turn

Sticker #072When Bicycle Wheels Turn

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Literally and figuratively! (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads: "When the…

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Sticker #074: More Shopping Malls than High Schools

Sticker #074More Shopping Malls than High Schools

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America really does have more shopping malls than highschools. And don't get us started on the funding disparity.…

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Sticker #075: Celebrate Efficiency over the Automobile

Sticker #075Celebrate Efficiency over the Automobile

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Bikes are more energy efficient than cars. In other news, the sky is blue.(Sturdy vinyl sticker with white print on a…

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Sticker #077: Think Freedom Sucks? Hate the Poor? Vote Republican

Sticker #077Think Freedom Sucks? Hate the Poor? Vote Republican

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Sometimes stereotypes are true... and this one, although a bit snarky, is definitely one of the true ones. Why is it…

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Sticker #086: If Money Were No Object, What Would You Do With Your Life?

Sticker #086If Money Were No Object, What Would You Do With Your Life?

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The root of all evil is deep and suffocating. If we lived in a world without money, we would be freer to spend our days…

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Sticker #087: Evolution Bicycle

Sticker #087Evolution Bicycle

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When you ride a bike, it's easy to feel like you've got it all figured out. Keep your personal and social…

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Sticker #088: In 1492 Indigenous people discovered Christopher Columbus lost at sea

Sticker #088In 1492 Indigenous people discovered Christopher Columbus lost at sea

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Columbus, you murderous fool. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads: "In 1492…

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Sticker #089: Wanted: Christopher Columbus

Sticker #089Wanted: Christopher Columbus

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Grand theft. Genocide. Racism. Rape. Torture. Destruction of an entire culture. We can't believe the US government…

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Sticker #091: Bike Punx

Sticker #091Bike Punx

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How do you make bikes better? Add some punk. How do you make punk better? Add bikes. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with…

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Sticker #092: A Profile for Mass Shootings? How About White Suburban Male.

Sticker #092A Profile for Mass Shootings? How About White Suburban Male.

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There's so much political resistance and debate around guns. While gun violence has been on tremendous decline for…

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Sticker #097: My Only Car Is a Bicycle

Sticker #097My Only Car Is a Bicycle

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For when you're happily carfree and don't have a car to put a "my other car is" sticker…

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