An Online Zine Created Out of Desperation

After graduating college with three writing degrees and a passion for media criticism, Charlie quickly realized the industry is in shambles. All the articles they could find when searching for reviews were either AI or SEO word stuffed to the point of unreadability. Then all of their favorite websites like Pitchfork started getting bought out. So The Drain was created as a kind of media criticism equivalent of the band still playing while the Titanic sank.

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