Debi Lewis
@debilewis.bsky.social
Writer, MacGuyver in the kitchen, furious advocate for bodily autonomy. debilewis.com | thiscouldhappen.substack.com
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Debi Lewis
@debilewis.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Abortion’s Old Craft Can Still Be Cultivated - Ms. Magazine
As a writer who spent the last two years researching ancient Native and herbal remedies, I explore how “abortion” worked before modern medicine.
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I wrote this in 2023, but it's even more pertinent now. The herbs mentioned in it are central to my first novel (on submission now, btw, if you're an editor seeking historical fiction about abortion).
We should all be buying seeds and planting gardens. I mean that literally and metaphorically.
We should all be buying seeds and planting gardens. I mean that literally and metaphorically.
It could happen.
INVERNESS-MAIN CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS PROPOSAL TO SECURE ALTGELD GARDENS (excerpt)
It could happen.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It could happen.
I'm not into public declarations of philanthropy, but one of the monthly outlays of $ that makes me feel the most satisfied these days is a donation to @democracyforward.org. These are the lawyers and legal minds behind many of the cases stopping this administration from executing alllll their evil.
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm not into public declarations of philanthropy, but one of the monthly outlays of $ that makes me feel the most satisfied these days is a donation to @democracyforward.org. These are the lawyers and legal minds behind many of the cases stopping this administration from executing alllll their evil.
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
what could possibly go wrong?
“The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol.”
WTAF, America?
WTAF, America?
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
what could possibly go wrong?
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Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly—
I hope midterms are a referendum
I hope midterms are a referendum
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly—
I hope midterms are a referendum
I hope midterms are a referendum
I think about the Raymond Carver story "A Small, Good Thing" several times a week as I read the news and eat pastries, and it makes more sense with every passing day.
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I think about the Raymond Carver story "A Small, Good Thing" several times a week as I read the news and eat pastries, and it makes more sense with every passing day.
“The students said there were desks in the quad manned by the military, where you could get your tuition reimbursed if you enlisted immediately in the research corps. They said no one was signing up, that the soldiers there all looked bored and annoyed.”
Department of Science
It Could Happen.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“The students said there were desks in the quad manned by the military, where you could get your tuition reimbursed if you enlisted immediately in the research corps. They said no one was signing up, that the soldiers there all looked bored and annoyed.”
In a world where women are increasingly but subtly owned, this could happen.
INTERFAITH MIDWEST COALITION FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT CASE ON MARITAL RAPE
It could happen.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
In a world where women are increasingly but subtly owned, this could happen.
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The high school debate unit, but make it prosecutable.
Teacher Insurrection Hearings Transcripts Vol 3: Debate Week
It could happen.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The high school debate unit, but make it prosecutable.
“No big deal, just eat ketchup packets for a few more days.” - SCOTUS
Supreme Court Extends Order Allowing Limits on Food Stamp Payments
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November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“No big deal, just eat ketchup packets for a few more days.” - SCOTUS
Please @durbin.senate.gov, please reverse your vote. Please. As one of your constituents, I beg you not to cede ground on health care. Please. Please. Please.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Please @durbin.senate.gov, please reverse your vote. Please. As one of your constituents, I beg you not to cede ground on health care. Please. Please. Please.
Imagine going to the Supreme Court to beg them to let you starve your people.
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a lower court order requiring full SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown, allowing Trump to continue with partial payments instead.
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Imagine going to the Supreme Court to beg them to let you starve your people.
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You know what would make cancelled flights easier to handle? Releasing the Epstein files so folks have something to read while they’re stuck at the airport.
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
You know what would make cancelled flights easier to handle? Releasing the Epstein files so folks have something to read while they’re stuck at the airport.
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I'm libbing the fuck out right now
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I'm libbing the fuck out right now
Please let this happen.
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Please let this happen.
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Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov, does this seem necessary? Don’t we have a court order about unnecessary force?
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov, does this seem necessary? Don’t we have a court order about unnecessary force?
The pro-life party is in power.
October 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The pro-life party is in power.
I have this very niche problem wherein I write speculative fiction that keeps becoming realistic fiction.
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This Could Happen | Debi Lewis | Substack
Sometimes, an active imagination is a frightening thing. Click to read This Could Happen, by Debi Lewis, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I have this very niche problem wherein I write speculative fiction that keeps becoming realistic fiction.
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President Miller is in charge of all of this.
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
President Miller is in charge of all of this.
Stop President Miller now.
October 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Stop President Miller now.
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I controversially believe that teenagers shouldn’t have to show their bare chests to adults in order to use a restroom.
August 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I controversially believe that teenagers shouldn’t have to show their bare chests to adults in order to use a restroom.
It could happen.
Waste Sweep Week
It could happen.
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August 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It could happen.