who we are

Birdie Zine is an independent literary and visual arts publication accentuating innovative, thoughtful and ingenious spoken and unspoken work.

our mission

Encapsulating wonder, tangibly, is not an easy task. To articulate the words unsaid and thoughts unread is arduous but noble. In commemorating a moment in time before it flashes to another, a brave new world has the potential to be paved. If done right, magic unfolds. If captured, empathy enraptures. The moonbeam is held tightly around clasped fingers; the rainbow’s end marked with an ‘X.’ At Birdie Zine, we yearn to achieve all of this—to unrelentingly bridge the gap between creativity and creation, experience and artistry.

We’ll let wonder fly as you observe it pass fantastically by.

MEET THE BIRDIES

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Editor-in-Chief

Kenzie Boney

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Kenzie is a twenty-two-year-old writer and poet based in Southern California whose artistic endeavors lie within capturing the beauty of all things analogous with melancholy and the blues through words and rhythm. Kenzie will receive her Bachelor of the Arts in Literary Journalism from the University of California, Irvine this Fall, and hopes to pursue a career in the world of creative writing. She was an editor for the Arts & Entertainment section of UC Irvine’s campus newspaper, New University, and has published an array of music and film reviews simultaneously during her time at the publication. A strive for adoring the dreary, Kenzie’s poetry and fiction pieces are fueled by unspoken feelings of grief, sorrow and desire. She has recently found comfort burning her anguish in drawing and painting, but remains synchronized to her pen and paper.

Editor-in-Chief

Clairesse Schweig

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A storyteller through writing, Clairesse strives to synthesize life's beauty, sublime and pain into art. In doing so, Clairesse hopes their perspective will help others find relatability and comfort in knowing that no one is alone. While pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in English, with minors in both Philosophy and Creative Writing at the University of California, Irvine, Clairesse writes and edits for the Arts & Entertainment section of UCI's campus newspaper, New University, has published interviews with the international publication CONVO Mag and runs Capital Live Scan's marketing and communications department. Clairesse has always been drawn to the endless possibilities that art and writing can contain and yearns to use Birdie Zine as a means of inspiring through intentional and remarkable artistry. They seek inspiration from the human experience, finds literature absolutely delicious and often spends time snuggled up with their spunky little cat, Birdie.

Creative Director / Photographer

Mallory Plemons

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Mallory is a twenty-three-year-old photographer living in San Diego, California. Mallory has a nine year background in both film and digital photography, which includes studio work, film development, on-location styled shoots and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. She loves finding her inspiration in cotton candy sunsets, modern architecture and vintage street-wear. Mallory shoots her film on a Canon AE-1 Program and her digital shots on a Canon 80D. Some of Mallory’s favorite hobbies include shooting different film stocks, cats and trying out new coffee shops.

Creative Director / Photographer

Gia Pietrosky

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Giovanna has been a photographer for six years, spending most of her time focusing on portrait photography. Giovanna first became interested in photography while taking a workshop course at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. From there, she was inspired by the world of fashion, as well as the incorporation of nature within her own art. Although Giovanna is working towards obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, her passion for photography is still in the forefront of her life. If she’s not taking photographs or studying, she is looking for an outfit to wear for the next day.

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