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Hey Takarazuka fans, is this thing on? *mic tap*

Okay, so I have ALMOST NO IDEA how this whole tumblr thing works. I was mainly a fan back in the days when Takarazuka fandom was pretty concentrated on livejournal (THE ANCIENT DAYS) and now I’m poking around trying to figure out where everybody hangs out these days. Mainly because I’m trying (*sniffle*) to find a way to pass on my collection. I still love Takarazuka, but most of the big names now were tiny juniors when I was an active fan, and I’m realizing that I don’t actually feel the need, deep in my soul, to cart around an entire bookshelf’s worth of Kageki and Graph every place I move. I would really like to find a new loving home for my old stuff, and am happy to let it go for super cheap/cost of shipping.  Most of it is paper goods - photobooks, magazines, photos, chirashi, etc - with a few DVDs, and probably some other bits and pieces if I hunt. Mainly Tsuki and Hoshi circa 2004-2009, and lots of stuff for some of my individual favorites (Ayano Kanami, Misuzu Aki, Kiryuu Sonoka, and basically all of Hoshigumi in Aran Kei’s time). To more active fans, it’s probably mostly going to be fun for the sake of spotting ‘baby pictures’ of the current stars, and for the history of it... I guess I’m thinking about how I adored Maya Miki, even though she’d long since retired by the time I found out about Takarazuka, and I hope some of that feeling still exists in current fandom for, say, Mizu Natsuki and Sena Jun and so forth?  Anyway, if I’m in the right place, and anyone would be so kind as to explain to me how/where English-speaking Takarazuka folks go about passing on their old things, I would be super grateful!

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Arizona Muse by Peter Lindbergh for Vogue Paris October 2012

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This is thoughtful, articulate, fair, and perceptive -- in short, you win today's Golden Ladle Award.