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About: Trista Hendren

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Trista Hendren is a Certified Coach with Imagine a Woman International and author of The Girl God. She lives between Portland, Oregon with her kids and Bergen, Norway with her husband. You can read more about her project with Elisabeth Slettnes at www.thegirlgod.com.
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You Shall Not Wear Jeans!

by on Jan 24, 2013

Source: blogs.vogue.es via kotryna on Pinterest Imagine someone telling you that you were not allowed to wear jeans anymore. How would that feel for you? Now imagine it was another woman, pointing her finger at you and telling you authoritatively that you should not be wearing those “oppressive jeans.” Imagine that woman “cared” so much [...]

Your Beauty Lies Behind Your Mask.

by on Nov 26, 2012

I have come to realize how many women utterly hate themselves. They hate their wrinkles. They hate their bodies. They hate their stretch marks, breasts and stomachs. It is rare to find an adult woman who believes she is enough, just as she is.

Does Facebook Hate All Women—or just Feminists?

by on Nov 10, 2012

Update: a response from Facebook’s policy department. ~ ed. I have been hearing rumors about Facebook’s policies towards feminist posts for quite a while now. I will begin by saying that I have been a huge Facebook fan; I met my husband through mutual friends on Facebook, as well as partners for various women-oriented projects over [...]

A Year Without a Car: Reflections of a Recovering Suburbanite.

by on Nov 6, 2012

I’m a reformed country club princess who has gone granola. It didn’t happen all at once… but it has happened. I turned off my TV and woke the fuck up. I had been slowing evolving for a while, but things changed drastically for me when I met my husband last year. Anders lives in Norway [...]

Fifty Shades of F*cked-Up. ~ Trista Hendren

by on Jun 22, 2012

I will admit that E L James is a clever businesswoman, but while reading Fifty Shades of Grey, I had to wonder if she was somehow compensated by the Republican National Convention. Anastasia Steele is everything a good conservative looks for in a woman; most importantly submissive and virginal. Let me start by saying, I [...]


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