green witch

Feeling the Halloween spirit, SheWired salutes the 10 sexiest and strongest witches of pop culture who cast unforgettable spells on lesbian fans. From as far back as the classic Wicked Witch of the West in Oz to today’s True Blood and Dante’s Cove Wiccan women, there’s always been something sexy and often lesbian about these super-powered females.

Wouldn’t classic movies like A League of Their Own, Dangerous Liaisons and Thelma and Louise have been infinitely more satisfying if there were just one lesbian character among them? With our post from earlier this year, 10 TV Shows We Can’t Believe Don’t Have Gay Characters, as a springboard, we’ve reimagined 15 now classic movies using Gina Gershon’s super-smoldering Corky from Bound as the gold standard of cinematic lesbian characters.

Who doesn’t love a good post-apocalyptic flick, especially one that pits the one-percenters against the rest of us (1927’s Metropolis anyone)? With that said, we are so freaking excited that the Jodie Foster/Matt Damon starrer Elysium is out today! Double Oscar winner – and giver of sublime coming out speeches at the Golden Globes -- Jodie plays the mayor of Elysium, a villainous one-percenter who struts around her gilded space island in pristine white suits and Suze Orman-esque hair.

Watching the amazing Megan Hilty belt out “Crazy Dreams” on Smash has gotten us thinking about some of our favorite Broadway divas of the past few decades. Hilty herself is no stranger to the Great White Way, having played Glinda in Wicked and Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5: The Musical. But who else do we worship? While there are far too many to name them all, we managed to list — in no particular order — four powerhouse women who never stop thrilling us.