Joel Jenkins was raised on the cultural badlands of suburban Melbourne, always a step beyond the hipster-proof fence, yet never far away enough to hide from the hovering, nexus of power that compels our daily lives.
Single parent, mortgage slave and person who works – Joel is a writer, actuator and bain-marie of trivia. You can read more from Joel on Bogan Intelligentsia and follow him on Twitter @boganintel.
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