Unable To Find 12 Women Of The Year, BBC Crowns Panda InsteadS
In a move that is sure to go down in adorable bear history, the
BBC has named a female panda named Sweetie one of its female
Faces of the Year. 2011 was either lacking severely in
girlchievements or a banner year for lady pandas. So what was
Sweetie's glorious achievement that elevated her, a bear, over
that of all female humans who did stuff?  She got off of an
airplane in Scotland, to great fanfare. That's it. Hooray for
Sweetie the panda, woman face of the year.  Not only is a bear
deemed to appropriately fit the "woman" category, the rest of
the list will leave people who were hoping for a progressive set
of female movers and shakers disappointed. Sure, it includes
Michele Bachmann, who, for all of her frothing, hateful
votemongering, is at least a politician, and Dilma Rousseff, the
first female President of Brazil. But the list also includes
Charlene Wittstock, a woman famous for almost not marrying a
prince, a very wealthy Spanish duchess