Moo Deng wasn't just cute. She was also intriguing. Why were people meme-ing Moo Deng? More to the point, why were they making her into art? My own guess is that the answer is rooted in the ...

Moo Deng is, at one moment, a sympathetic hippo who is adorably looking; in the next moment, inciting people to political and meme warfare over polarizing issues such as animal rights. Like ...