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Managing Editor Erin Khar is the author of Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies that Nearly Killed Me. She is known for her writing on addiction, recovery, mental health, relationships, parenting, infertility, and self-care. Her weekly advice column, Ask Erin, is published on Ravishly. Her personal essays have appeared in SELF, Salon, HuffPost, Marie Claire, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and others. She's the recipient of the Eric Hoffer Editor's Choice Prize and lives in New York City with her husband and two kids. When she’s not writing, she’s probably watching Beverly Hills, 90210.
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A trans masc friend with whom I’ve grown very close asked me whether I might be interested in dating. I've been trying to figure out how I feel about him.
My fiancé has been in inpatient rehab for close to a week. What can I do for us to have a healthy, better, successful life and future marriage?
I’ve been trying to overcome postpartum depression for eight months, but there is no healing at all.
My best friend is my ex. He knows I have strong feelings for him, but I don’t know if he still feels the same for me.
I know 20 is young, but the moment you tell someone you're still a virgin, it's as if you told them you're living with a terminal illness.
He's obsessed with her. It's really starting to hurt me, and I don't know whether to say something to him or not.
Grieving the loss of a baby is a process, and I am unsure if we ever complete that process. But I do think we can get to a place of acceptance.
I respect her desire to want it but I don’t, and I have made it clear that I don’t want a threesome with another girl or guy.
Am I broken? Should I just give up and start wearing shapeless beige garments to symbolize my sexual death?
I'm getting really annoyed, but I don't know if I'm overreacting, just being a jealous child.