is the man or bear thing rhetorically or optically the perfect feminist meme that is beyond criticism? no.
but is it leaps and bounds better at getting men to understand the material consequences of patriarchy on the physical and emotional health of women than that stupid “kill all men” meme from last decade? definitely.
Canceling a few actors, and Harvey Weinstein, has had no beneficial systemic effect on society or women.
A Walmart clerk who is sexually harassed by her supervisor is in no better position today than she was prior to MeToo
But a lot of rich white women got to receive social media attention from it. So that’s nice.