2019, Katia Innes, review of When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, McGill Tribune (McGill University), 2 April 2019, page 10:
The effect is an unsettling portrait of female youth that rejects Ariana Grande-style #girlbossery and embraces the violent angst that is traditionally reserved for male artists.
2019, Kate Reeve, "Don't be a woman, be a #Girlboss", The Varsity (The University of Toronto), 16 September 2019, pages 10-11:
Girlbossery requires performance, but with that comes discrete behavioural parameters, structures of control that spring up around this newly generated way to be.
2021, Judy Berman, "What comes after the pop-culture girlboss", Time, 5 July 2021 - 12 July 2021, page 98:
In fact, the roots of para-feminist girlbossery run deeper.
2021, Sophia Mathews, "An Exploration of the Girl Boss Movie", Slope Magazine, Spring 2021, page 22:
Andy works her way to girlbossery as well, pushing away her friends and boyfriend in the process.