A fork of Rural Dictionary
Girlboss (verb) to make something or someone appear as a feminist idol or inspiration for profit, despite the numerous flaws of the person.
"Have you seen the new Cruella De Ville trailer?"
"Yeah. They totally girlbossed her. As if she's a villain because she's a girl, not because she tried to make a coat out of puppies."
someone who is lauded by themselves or others as a feminist icon, despite not typifying feminism in many ways or sometimes being unpleasant and unethical in a way that is antithetical to feminism
"do you think margaret thatcher was a girlboss?"
"yes, of course."
"do you think she effectively utilised girlboss power by funnelling money into illegal paramilitary death squads in Northern Ireland?"
A person who co-opts popular feminist “girl power” rhetoric as a way to virtue signal to other neoliberals and shield themselves from criticism.
JK Rowling’s “girlboss” McFeminism is real obvious you realize she only supports girls who “aren’t like other girls”
Girlboss (noun) someone who is lauded as being a feminist icon, despite the fact that they are actually extremely unpleasant or unfeminist.
"I can't believe Kamala Harris is the first female vice president."
"Yeah, she's a real girlboss."
when your so even cool u was born all swag and ur better then everyone else
demetria is such a girlboss she’s the only girl boss in this world hashtag girl boss moment