Women Crush Wednesday Vol. 8

The temperatures are dropping, but these ladies keep bringing the heat! It’s our favorite day of the week — Women Crush Wednesday!

We’ll never grow tired of celebrating our queer queens with MadameNoire’s weekly round-up of queer queens who have our full attention. From Tessa Thompson bringing the heat to the 2026 Sundance Film Festival to our WNBA hotties holding it down in the off-season with Unrivaled, a women’s 3×3 professional basketball league founded by Breanna Stewart and Naphessa Collier, we’ve got some of the hottest of the hottest in our list of 50 individuals who are heating it up as a winter storm has plummeted through most of the country.

Check out this week’s list below!

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1. Tessa Thompson

2. Asiahn

3. Zuhura La’Beija

4. BPW

5. Freely Me

6. Kehlani

7. Arlo Parks

8. Morgz

10. Kia Barnes

11. Britney Griner

12. Kiersey Clemons

13. Willow Smith

14. Jasika Nicole

15. Niecy Nash

16. Jessica Betts

17. Tee Sanders

18. Laverne Cox

19. Wanda Sykes

20. Peyton Dix

21. Amy Jay

22. DeWanna Bonnee

23. Alyssa Thomas

24. Kahleah Cooper

25. Isabelle Harrison

26. Young M.A.

27. Robin Roberts

28. Tinashe

29. Lena Waithe

30. Ace Lowe

31. Arte’s Aesthetic

32. KP

33. Noli B

34. Racquel Simone

35. Gabrielle Fouché

36. Chef Ashley Dulce

37. Lauryn D

38. Ohhh, Deni

39. Donnie Michelle

40. Bri Love

41. Chy

42. Davonia

43. Dym Mo’Nique

44. Jay

45. Rene

46. Natasha Cloud

47. Jewel Monet Luxe

48. Krys Lighkt

49. Breyonna Reece-Elliott

50. KC Artis McCoy

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