JJ Loveday (she/they) is a queer writer, amateur photographer and disability support worker living the simple life in Lutruwita/Tasmania. Her poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction have featured in literary journals, radio documentaries and art installations – both nationally and internationally. They have a BA (Hons I) in Literature and Gender Studies, with a thesis on the role of photography in creating shifting and retrospective concepts of the self. They recently completed a Master of Creative Writing degree at Macquarie University, Sydney, where they explored rewriting history through a queer lens and writing about the body as a space of resistance against societal norms. “Witnessing the magic of drag has been transformative, shifted how I experience my body, empowered me to explore gender identity and – due to the two occasions I’ve been brave enough to dip a toe into drag waters – brought my wife into my life. My hope is that Tulip Wolf Journal can be a place where the lone wolves of the queer world can find their pack. I was a weird kid living in the conservative Australian suburbs of the 90s with mental health issues and no LGBTQIA+ representation in sight. Having access to the gender-bending art form of drag – seeing folks shining in their lush, wild skins – would have changed my young life immeasurably. ” {Image description: JJ Loveday is a middle-aged person with slicked back hair, standing in front of green foliage, wearing a bright purple scarf and smiling at the camera.}