Who's Watching Shorty?

“In Who’s Watching Shorty?, Reshona Landfair gives readers a brave, honest, and beautifully brutal look at what it means to be a victim in the public eye. Despite going through a series of traumatic experiences few would survive, she has chosen to shine a light on her own pain and through that indict a culture that values celebrity over decency. Everyone should read it, so that no one else has to live through it.”–Mikki Kendall, New York Times bestselling author of Hood Feminism
”[An] honest account of how sexual exploitation and abuse destroys both individuals and communities… Ultimately, Landfair’s story is one of courage and overcoming…Sadly, her story, unique, as it is, is still all too familiar… All the more impressive that Landfair has found the inner strength and peace to reclaim all the broken parts of her life.“–Ms. Magazine
”[Landfair] addresses the reader directly, with calm confidence and compassion, confronting the difference between the singer so many worshipped and the man she knew. A moving reclamation of self after abuse.“–Kirkus
“In this powerful memoir, Reshona Landfair reveals she’s the ‘Jane Doe’ who testified at R. Kelly’s recent trial, which led to his conviction and 30-year prison sentence. With her book, Landfair does exactly what its title suggests: reclaims her harrowing story and uses it to empower others to speak up against abuse.”–Bustle
“Who’s Watching Shorty? is not only a harrowing roadmap of one of the most visible and tolerated cases of child sexual abuse in the nation’s modern history but a necessary chronicling of the complicated complicities, celebrity culture and routine devaluing of black girls that allowed it to happen. Reshona Landfair is filled with the kind of compassion and hard-earned self-love that transforms victims into victors. May her truths help set others free.”–Joan Morgan, author of When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost
“Reshona Landfair has been waiting a quarter of a century to be seen. In this brave and beautiful memoir, Reshona emerges as a dynamic and resilient adult to tell her story in her own words for the first time.”–Drew Dixon, from the foreword
“Who’s Watching Shorty? is a vulnerable and brave story of a Black woman healing in public. Reshona Landfair invites readers to see the humanity of every young Black girl in our community who has been mislabeled and overlooked. This is a must read book for everyone who claims to love and protect Black girls, and a bold reminder that we are our children’s keepers.”–Shanita Hubbard, author of Ride-Or-Die

Reshona Landfair was a member of 4 The Cause, a four-person musical group signed to RCA/BMG from 1994-2000. More recently, Reshona has worked in community health within the Chicago public school system and is the founder of Project Refine, a mentor program for young women.

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