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Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock to sell millions of books. Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing, Publishers Weekly's #1 fastest-growing publisher of 2022 and #3 in 2023/2024, and WorkingLit, the software responsible for Microcosm's aforementioned success—now available for other publishers. Biel has been featured in Time, Esquire, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll, as well as NPR and PBS. Biel is the author of A People's Guide to Publishing, Autism Relationships Handbook, Unfuck Your Business, Enduring Legacy of Portland's Black Panthers, 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 series. Biel lives in Portland, OR.


Patch #131Towards Car Free Cities
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Sticker #239Car Free
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Sticker #236Burn Carbohydrates, Not Hydrocarbons
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Sticker #234Support Your Local Co-ops
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Patch #110Throw Away Corvette
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Put the automobile where it belongs: in the trashcan. Society can't afford to subsidize them. The lobbies are too…
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Sticker #215Flag Barcode
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Sticker #208Violence is to a dictatorship what propaganda is to a democracy
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Something to ponder. The powers that be will find a way to control you, whether that be through physical force, or…
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Pin #147Evolution
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Don't just spin your wheels, evolve! This 1" round pinback button is perfect if you like cycling or believe in, you…
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Patch #083Who Would Jesus Bomb?
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Oh the hypocrisy of the theological underpinnings of the military industrial complex. We've read the New Testament and…
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Pin #068Your Heritage is Hate
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The so-called Confederate flag has come to be a symbol of racism and white supremacy nationwide. This one-inch round…
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Pin #065Anti-Nazi
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This one-inch round pinback button shows a swastika with a red slash through it, the universal symbol for "hell no, not…
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Pin #117Question Authority
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There's no doubt what the message is: Question authority! Remember that all power is arbitrary with this 1" round…
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Pin #097Direct Action
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Direct Action is a form of political activism which seeks immediate remedy for injustice, as opposed to petitioning or…
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Sticker #050Standardized Healthcare
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Sticker #299Evolution Gal
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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 #012If We Aren't Supposed to Eat Humans
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Pin #020Real Men Don't Use Violence
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Real men don't use violence. Remind your friends with this 1" round pinback button handmade in the USA.
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Pin #051Viva Zapatistas
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The Zapatistas are a group of indigenous Native Americans living in Chiapas, Mexico. They are constantly being…
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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 with…
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Pin #005Get Off Your Ass
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Ride a bike. Cycling is good for everyone, including the environment. Remind yourself and others with this 1" round…
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Pin #109Punk Rock Changed My Life
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Sincerely, Punk Nation. Prompt others to ask where the local punk shows are with this 1" round pinback button handmade…
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Pin #145Put The Fun Between Your Legs
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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 bicycle…
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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 #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 has…
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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. How is…
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Sticker #066TV Transmitters Require Passive Receivers
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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: "Jesus…
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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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