She Shreds Media has released our final print magazine this month as we fully transition to online. To say the absolute least: it was a truly wild ride and often unhinged ride creating this time capsule during a national health crisis and the country’s most impactful uprising for Black lives and anti-racism.

To say a little more: these last six years as Managing Editor of She Shreds Magazine—editing 13 out of 20 issues—has been so transformative for me on a personal level. More importantly, this niche magazine has also ignited a transformation in the music industry: changing the way women and nonbinary musicians—especially Black and brown women—are covered in the media, holding gear companies accountable for their sexist and racist behaviors, and uplifting marginalized voices. I'm honored to have had any role in this at all, and I feel so lucky to work with such an amazing, dedicated team.  As a lover of tangible reads, and a writer who went to school for journalism 14 years ago (excuse me?!) during a time when print was 'officially declared dead,' I'm beyond grateful to have had the chance to work for a print publication that fuses feminism, music, and progress. 

Today through July, we will be donating 100% of sales from the digital edition of Issue 20 to two organizations chosen by cover artist H.E.R. and She Shreds: Rock the Vote, an organization building the political power of young people; and Give a Beat, an organization reducing the harmful effects of incarceration through music production, DJing, and education programs.