A 3rd-century CE statue of Hecate, the Greek goddess of witchcraft, in the Vatican Museums. Credit: Mark Cartwright "Overpowered" is a word that gets thrown around a lot in geek culture, mainly for characters who are practically invincible. But what do you expect when a character is supposed to be a deity? This god-tier chaos happens an awful lot in fiction. From comics to movies, deities arrive fully loaded, lusting for universal domination and doing damage to superheroes with ease. Many fictional deities defy gender altogether. But when they are portrayed as goddesses, they're often in a league of their own. At times self-righteous, sometimes downright malevolent, female deities wield a kind of power that could be all too rare in the real world. For this list of goddesses, we're skipping mythological figures like Athena, Eris, or Kali as well as overt depictions of them; they belong to a realm between folklore and religion. Instead, let's bow down at the alta...
It's hard to believe it, but Oscar-winning actor Octavia Spencer did not have her first lead role until 2019's Ma. While the movie, also directed by The Help's Tate Taylor, was no critical darling, it wasn't a waste of her phenomenal talents altogether. The overwhelming consensus was that Octavia gave a solid performance as Sue Ann Ellington, a role that would have gone to a white actor. Sue Ann is a twisted version of the Cool Mom, a larger-than-life parental figure with a hidden, murderous agenda. Here's how you can look like the meme-tastic, vengeful villainess for Halloween. How to get Octavia Spencer's Ma look Octavia's Ma costume is easy enough to pull off. A veterinary technician, Sue Ann is seen in floral scrubs that she covers with a purple knit cardigan . She pairs them with a pair of pink pants. In one famous scene, Sue Ann is the life of the party with her newsboy cap and matchy-matchy maroon pants and blouse, with huge bangles...