Forget everything you think you know about dating advice. This isn't about playing games or learning to "communicate better." This is about a fundamental re-orientation. We're stoking the communal fire and getting back to the core of Female Dating Strategy: You.

Patricia and Rose kick off 2026 by sharing their raw, personal "origin stories" of how they found FDS-one through a dramatic breakup involving black trash bags, the other through breaking a lifetime of enforced silence. They dismantle the societal weaponization of "niceness," explore why being "mean" is a necessary survival tool, and lay out the foundational FDS pyramid: Level Up, Boundaries & Standards, and Dating with Intent.

This is a call to arms for queens everywhere to stop betraying themselves, start trusting their intuition, and build a life so solid that the right relationship is only an addition-never the foundation.

•Owning "Mean": Why we wear the title with pride. The crucial difference between being kind (a choice) and being nice (a trap). Takeaway: "Fuck niceness. Be as mean as you need to be. This world will take advantage."

•Origin Stories & Self-Betrayal:

-Patricia's "Not This" Moment: Ending a dead-end relationship by bagging a man's belongings and changing the locks. The revealing question that followed: "What in me allowed me to stay?"

-Rose's Voice: How childhood silencing led to a physical inability to speak up. Becoming an FDS host was an act of reclaiming her voice and "enacting her values in the real world."

🏛️ The FDS Pyramid:

1. LEVEL UP (The Foundation):
2. BOUNDARIES & STANDARDS (The Framework)
3. DATING WITH INTENT (The Pinnacle)

📣 We Want YOU!

• New Schedule: Bi-weekly episodes are back.
• Get Involved: Email us your Level-Up Stories, Roast-a-Scrote tales, advice questions, or guest suggestions at: contact@femaledatingstrategy.com

"We're just resonating truths that already exist in each and every one of us."

Join the FDS hosts as they fete and say a bittersweet goodbye to the GOAT: Savannah, OG FDS Queen! We discuss her plans, the State of the Pod, and the goals for FDS in 2026!

Originally released as bonus content for our Patreon queens, the Bonus Queens dive deeper into the manipulative tactics commonly used in debates about dating, relationships, and gender dynamics.

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Originally released as bonus content for our Patreon baddies, we're bringing this one out of the vault just in time for summer. In this episode, the Queens break down what it really means to have a Hot Girl Summer FDS style.

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The Queens unpack emotional maturity, why it’s the core of any functional relationship and how to recognise it (or the lack of it).

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Rose is joined by Sarah from Lainey Gossip to dissect the deeply embedded inequalities in the filmmaking and film criticism industries.

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The Queens dissect the romantic, cultural and generational norms associated with Mother's Day and what this means for dating.

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The Queens are once again joined by renowned author and domestic abuse expert, Lundy Bancroft, whose groundbreaking work Why Does He Do That? has helped millions of women recognize the patterns of coercive control and emotional abuse in intimate relationships, to discuss toxic masculinity.

Lundy Bancroft's first FDS appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH7Y0rJ8Kkw

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