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Why Kim Possible Works As a Girl Boss

Girl Boss is a term thrown around in a negative sense to describe the over use of strong independent female characters who always get the job done no matter the scenario.
So why does Kim Possible get a pass when others in the Disney camp often get heavily criticised for existing?

First off we need to understand that like any term hijacked by the internet, it's misused and twisted by critics.
Girl boss by definition is a young woman who acts as a boss by leading or owning a business.
Kim is the boss of her own job as a secret agent and is presented as the perfect child of a brain surgeon and a rocket scientist, frequently she is depicted as having an extensive list of clients who are seen thanking her for a mission that took place off screen.
She's a cheerleader, naturally attractive and even those who do bully her never win.
So if she's written like Captain Marvel, why do we like Kim but not Captain Marvel?
Quite a few reasons.
1. She actually has to be the boss of someone, Wade and Ron come to mind.
2. She's allowed to fall in love.
3. She has foils in her brothers.
4. Shego is always presented as Kim's equal.
5. Silly villains play off Kim much better than anyone in Marvel's rogues gallery.
That last one is important as it's better for world building and works well with the Powerpuff Girls as well.
Having someone like Dr Drakkon as your main villain means you have something that perfect characters fear, unpredictability, the sillier the scheme, the more Kim has to work around it, it makes for a more compelling episode, when Kim has to work to save the world, this isn't even restricted to villains, Ron Stoppable has proven to be more of a problem to Kim at times as well, its also proven she struggles handling her brothers as well as they are just as smart as she is and there are two of them.
In fact the times she beats Shego, is when Shego stops caring about the current evil scheme.
So what have we learned?
If you want to create a girl boss character, make sure she actually has to work for it and earn it.
People get tired of supporting a hero that has no flaws and wins without effort and male characters aren't exempt from this, looking at you Isekai and harem leads.