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I listened to the recent podcast episode with Dr Jane Ward, in which she pushed political lesbianism/lesbian feminism* and queer theory while the hosts ate it up, seemingly unaware that they were interviewing someone in a political cult. While I agree with her description of the tragedy of heterosexual relationships, I don’t understand why they would bring her on a DATING podcast. She’s wrong about why political lesbianism failed, btw. It failed because straight women can’t “become lesbians” through sheer willpower, or by being “woman-identified” or “orientating towards” women. Her views are homophobic and damaging to actual lesbians. The idea that men who are more “gender expansive” are somehow safer for women is a lie that the original FDS community helped debunk ages ago. Dr Ward’s brand of feminism is based in delusion and is dangerous for women.
One thing I liked about the original FDS line up was that they were critical of any political project that was bad for women and had interesting/fresh things to say with a unique point of view. The new hosts are just rehashing dead ends and have nothing new to bring to the table. It feels like they are stuck in 2015.
I remember reading a comment on here that said it sounded like the hosts had dropped out of the dating game already, and I agree.
*Lesbian feminism is the rebranding of political lesbianism. If you read reviews on Dr Ward’s work, you will see she was heavily influenced by these groups and indeed tells straight women they can just “become lesbians.” I can't believe this is what the podcast has devolved into.
I really like the podcast. Tbh. I think it aligns more with women’s issues and 4B type of content. I really love the ladies ! Personally
I haven’t listen in a while because I’m not a big fan of the new hosts.
So I haven’t listened yet. But I did see this episode on my Spotify.
Policial lesbianism is so cringe to me. You can’t change your sexuality. You are a lesbian or you’re not.
Lesbians get alot of hate , especially these days. Men bother them because they don’t sleep with men, then men identify as lesbians and get mad because they’re still not wanted.
They can’t even have their own spaces now because it’s not inclusive.
Lesbians DONT need straight women who have given up on men identifying as lesbians and taking up their small spaces.
Also not a fan of queer theory stuff. Also not a fan of the word “queer” I still find it offensive.
Many “queer” people are actually straight. So it goes hand in hand with straight women taking up lesbian spaces.
I think it’s sad what happened to FDS. The podcast isnt about female separatists. It’s about dating, levelling up , feminist and women’s issues too.
The new hosts dont seem to understand what the pod is supposed to be.
Political lesbianism isn’t beneficial to women. Queer theory isn’t beneficial to women. Benefiting women is the bare minimum of the ideology! How can they get it so wrong ?!
See and everyone ate me up when I said FDS is falling off since everyone is just being doomers instead of actually idk….giving DATING strategy for women.
this isn't the first time the FDS podcast "eats up" bs i remember an episode about conservative schools for children where girls and boys had specific activities based on their sex. so they would play "catch the thief" or whatever, and boys were only allowed to be either the cop or the thief, whereas the girls were only allowed to be damsels in distress. and the hosts were very receptive and even agreed with a lot of the stuff the guest said.
it was ridiculous.
Soon they will say Frankenstein transvestite are real women. At times I can’t take FDS serious anymore. I once said here that I got creeped out by a dude because he said that showering two times a day is too extreme. And women here defended it saying that he doesn’t have to shower two times a day as long as he showers before you get intimate.
So you are saying showering two times a day, like scrub yourself with soap and then rise for 5 minutes, and then do the same at night before you go to bed is extreme? I thought FDS is all about high standards and women are defending some stinky scrote.
I love women but I am not attracted to them emotionally. I wish I could turn into a lesbian. I tried. I failed.
Cringe! I heard in the past few months they had almost a full episode where they went off about horoscopes? I listened to one of these newer ones and it just didn't hold my attention at all. Haven't listened since.
I miss the OG podcast, but I think I've heard all of them, sadly.
Their revamped IG is pretty good. I see they aren't getting enough love on there.
ETA: I had an eye-opening convo with a lesbian coworker the other day. She told me that women know how to hurt other women WAY worse than men do. Going lesbian (especially when you are NOT a lesbian) is just not a logical answer on so many levels...
I’ve always felt FDS easily attracts this type of rhetoric but it’s inherently based in pick me instincts because it’s not about loving girls it’s about rejecting moids. It’s weird to me plus the female dating strategy handbook does not center sapphic relationships because you won’t benefit from them. Having a bunch of female lovers to show moids they’re not so great is not the goal of FDS and is what narcissist pick mes do by thinking they will win these dusties by triangulating them with desperate sapphic women vice versa. It’s exploitative on many sides, don’t settle for this.
Wait, is political lesbianism the same thing as actual lesbianism, or is it just excluding the male prerogative from our voting block?