How a satirical twist on 'live, laugh, love' became the internet's new mantra

Jokingly saying “live, laugh, love” as a tribute to the outdated, momcore wallhangings of yore is now out. Saying “gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss” is in. 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. Gaslighting is a form of manipulation in which someone tries to get another person or group of people to question their own reality or perceptions. Gatekeeping is, according to Urban Dictionary, . “when someone takes it upon themselves to decide who does or does not have access or rights to a community or identity”. Being a “girlboss” in the early 2010s was considered a good and impressive thing, . but now, Gen Z considers it a “cringe” sign of trying too hard to further oneself. “Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss” doesn’t encourage any of these behaviors — . it pokes fun at people who do these things, thus making it easier to identify while destigmatizing calling it out