Gen Z is poking fun at both moms and manipulators with a catchy three-word phrase

Jokingly saying “live, laugh, love” as a tribute to the outdated, momcore wallhangings of yore is now out. Saying “gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss” is in. Let’s unpack the hottest new alliterative phrase that’s permeating the internet. Where did “gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss” come from? Like so many memes before it, the phrase originated on Tumblr and became mainstream when someone tweeted about it. According to the internet historians at Know Your Meme, the first known instance of the phrase was in a Jan. 12, 2021, post from Tumblr user missnumber1111. “Today’s agenda: gaslight gatekeep and most importantly girlboss,” they wrote. It has since been shared more than 44,000 times.Credit: Tumblr/missnumber1111That same day, Twitter user @CUPlDL0VE posted essentially the same thing on Twitter to little fanfare. On Jan. 13, Tumblr user a-m-e-t-h-y-s-t-r-o-s-e shared the earlier post from missnumber1111 and included a Photoshopped image that reads “gaslight every moment, gatekeep every day, girlboss beyond words.” The imagery reflects the style of “live, laugh, love” decor, as Twitter user @loltay69 pointed out when she later shared the photo.Over the next month, the phrase spread across Twitter. Users began sharing instances of gaslighting, gatekeeping and girlbossing throughout pop culture, including the below reference to Gone Girl, which also introduced the…
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