An Ode to Wanda Maximoff: On Stigma, Self-Acceptance, and the Scarlet Witch

Katarina shares her love for the unsung hero of the Avengers.

If there’s one thing everyone knows about me, it’s that I love Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch. I mean I really love her. I love her in comics. I love her in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I love her on my merchandise. I love her in my advertising. I love her in every way, shape, and form Marvel will give her to me. I have her picture on my t-shirts, and her posters on my wall. I cosplay as her at comic cons and I even put her symbol on my graduation cap. Wanda has resonated with me in a way no other character has. Her story is one of struggle, suffering, and recovery in much the same way as the past 10 years of my life have been.

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