diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..869df07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+Cargo.lock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a30d08..0000000
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
-# It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
-
-[[package]]
-name = "stringish"
-version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f26c58a..1800df9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "stringish"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A smaller and easier copy-on-write string"
 repository = "https://git.karx.xyz/missing/stringish"
diff --git a/src/impls.rs b/src/impls.rs
index 4b04d94..a76c787 100644
--- a/src/impls.rs
+++ b/src/impls.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::{
-    borrow::Cow,
+    borrow::{Borrow, Cow},
     fmt::{Debug, Display},
     hash::Hash,
 };
@@ -101,3 +101,15 @@ macro_rules! impl_eq_ord {
 }
 
 impl_eq_ord!(str, &'a str, String, Cow<'a, str>);
+
+impl AsRef<str> for Stringish {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &str {
+        &self[..]
+    }
+}
+
+impl Borrow<str> for Stringish {
+    fn borrow(&self) -> &str {
+        &self[..]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7761f6a..57cad9e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ pub struct Stringish {
     cap: usize,
 }
 
+// SAFETY: this can be `Send + Sync` for the same reasons `String` can be
+unsafe impl Send for Stringish {}
+unsafe impl Sync for Stringish {}
+
 impl Drop for Stringish {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         if let Some(true) = self.is_owned() {