Carly Witteman

Carly Witteman

Carly is a screenwriter, actress, and writer who is a senior at her high school. She is enrolled in her local community college where she takes classes such as "Speech and Debate" and "Film as Literature". In her free time, Carly likes to volunteer with her Girl Scout Troop, help out backstage at theatre productions, and write for the LA Times HS Insider program.
Opinion: Why does celebrity weight loss go viral?

Opinion: Why does celebrity weight loss go viral?

Weight — the force that gravity has on a specific object. Our society that promotes the message that the vertical force a body experiences due to gravitation determines one's worth. Though it is 2020 and individuals may promote body positivity or health at every size,...

Opinion: My experience as a former teenage model

Opinion: My experience as a former teenage model

When I was thirteen, I decided that my life goal was to become a Victoria's Secret Angel. I looked at their glowing skin, luscious locks, and perfect bodies in awe. "If I become a model like them," I thought, "I'll be perfect like them." Five years later, I can tell...

Opinion: The reality of gun violence

Opinion: The reality of gun violence

In school, I have been taught to stay silent and duck and cover in the event of a shooting. When you see tragedy on the news, it seems so distant, so far away. You see clips of people running and screaming in a massive stampede, so unrealistic that it looks like a...

Opinion: Why we need to save libraries

Opinion: Why we need to save libraries

The Reagan Library in California, the Long Hall in Ireland, the Library of Congress in Washington DC, the local library down your street... all of these places have one thing in common: they allow bodies of people to access information and achieve public discourse....