The BBC has caused outrage by choosing a panda as one of its 12 women of 2011.

The selection of Tian Tian (aka Sweetie) was made by the BBC magazine for its Faces of the year 2011 and published on Wednesday. It included a page for both a dozen women and men for each month.

The men’s page included the likes of actor Colin Firth, prospective Republic presidential nominee Herman Cain, and News of the World journalist Paul McMullan for his whistleblowing role in the phone-hacking scandal. Unlike the women’s page all of the individuals were people.

Twitter users also complained that rather than being selected for their achievements one in four selected women included those involved in marriages, such as Pippa Middleton, Charlene Wittstock who married Prince Albert of Monaco, and the Spanish billionaire the Duchess of Alba.

Just kidding, feminism wins.