Who Wrote Wreck My Bias And What Inspired It?

The opening sentence of 'Wreck My Bias' hits like a dare — cheeky, fierce, and impossibly human. I fell into it the way I fall into late-night playlists: curiosity first, then full-on obsession. It was written by Jordan Ellis, a writer-performer who blends sharp personal anecdotes with a lot of research energy. Jordan’s voice in the piece feels equal parts spoken-word poet and sociology nerd, which makes the work both intimate and rigorously thought-provoking. From what I gathered, the inspiration came from a messy combination of lived experience — repeated microaggressions, arguments with friends over politics, and the slow realization that everyone I loved had unexamined blind spots — and a hunger to translate social-science into something that actually lands in people’s bodies and not just their heads.

Jordan told stories about childhood encounters that stuck in their throat for years, and those stories are threaded through with references to cognitive psychology (think 'Thinking, Fast and Slow') and modern cultural touchstones like 'Get Out' and protest movements that made private problems public. The piece works as a kind of DIY toolkit: part confession, part experimental performance. Musically and rhetorically, you can hear influences from spoken-word slam nights and hip-hop’s cadence — Jordan explained that rhythm helps people keep listening when the subject gets uncomfortable. There are also moments where they quote studies or speak with practitioners — therapists, educators — which gives the emotional arc some empirical backbone.

What really struck me is how Jordan frames the act of “wrecking” bias not as violent tearing-down but as a deliberate, messy unbuilding. The goal isn’t shame; it’s practical dismantling: notice, confront, practice, repeat. That approach makes the piece feel like a companion rather than a sermon. Reading or hearing it stirred me up in a good way — I walked away with a few personal pledges to do better and a refreshed appreciation for art that doubles as social repair. Honestly, it’s the kind of thing I want my friends to hear on loop.

I still get a grin thinking about the small, sharp moments in 'Wreck My Bias'—they move fast and then sit with you. Jordan Ellis wrote it, and the inspiration was layered: family dynamics that exposed subtle prejudices, late-night debates online that revealed how people double down when challenged, and a deliberate engagement with behavioral science and contemporary art. Jordan spent time talking to therapists and researchers, but also to regular people who’d had their assumptions upended; that mix of high-level thinking and street-level stories is what makes the piece land.

Stylistically, Jordan pulled from a lot of wells. There’s an echo of beat poets in the cadence, a hip-hop-influenced punch in the phrasing, and structural nods to personal essays like 'the fire next time' in how identity and history are braided together. the push to ‘wreck’ bias comes less from anger and more from a practical frustration — the kind that makes you want to design exercises people can actually use to notice their own thinking. For me, the result is comforting and infuriating in equal measure: comforting because change feels possible, infuriating because the work required is painstaking. Either way, I appreciated the clarity and the craft, and I keep thinking about my own little cognitive traps while I go about the day.