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The Hampstead Trash (or Hampstead Trash) is an online satirical and critical blog created by students of Hampstead School, North London. The blog takes the format of a satirical periodical, such as ''Private Eye'', and releases weekly articles that fall into three categories: a critical argument upon a specific aspect of the school, a spoof on the school using fictional characters or events, or a spoof that uses real events. In September 2013, the blog gained media attention after a local newspaper picked up the story that its former head writer, Kinnan Zaloom, had been expelled from the school because of his involvement with The Hampstead Trash; news reports suggested that Kinnan's prospective university and the police had also been informed about the blog by the Head of Hampstead School. This event has been referred to by the blog as 'Trashgate'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://hampsteadtrash.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/trashgate-response.html )〕 The blog claims to get between 200-300 hits a day, escalating to 10,000 a day during 'Trashgate' and the weeks following, and to be read by teachers, students and parents alike.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://hampsteadtrash.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/trashgate-response.html )〕 ==History== The Hampstead Trash was launched on 10 February 2013, with an article from Zaloom mimicking the Head's Message on the school website. The blog originally had four writers (referred to as the 'founding members' on the blog), all acting under pseudonyms, who set out the general implied goals of the blog in the first few articles. The blog, among other issues, repeatedly points out alleged inadequacies of the School Council, a lack of democracy within the school, disorganisation within the school, over-emphasis on uniform (which the blog claims to be to the detriment of students' education), lack of funding to the departments and 'needless' over-expenditure, such as banners and advertisement. A recurring feature of the more critical articles is the apparent hypocrisy of the school's management, or exposing the fallacies that the school allegedly poses. The blog says in its About page that it was originally conceived as a student movement, much like a union, to give students of Hampstead School a better voice over their education. The first four students to begin the Hampstead Trash in February 2013 went under the pseudonyms SLUDGE (later revealed to be Kinnan Zaloom) in his 'Obituary' article, Heywood Jablome, Cllr. Hugh G. Rection and Dale E. Mayle. At the end of the academic year, SLUDGE left to blog with his Obituary article, as well as Dale E. Mayle leaving as well. Hugh G. Rection and Heywood Jablome are still active writers since the beginning of the 2013-2014 academic year, and since Penn Name, Phyllis Stine, Drew Peacock and E. Rex Sean have joined, bringing the number of current writers up to six, and the total to eight. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hampstead Trash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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