Rodante van der Waal presents
Rodante van der Waal (1992) is a philosopher, poet, and midwife in Amsterdam. She earned her PhD in feminist philosophy with a dissertation on reproductive justice and obstetric violence. Her dissertation Birth Justice: From Obstetric Violence to Abolitionist Care won the Feminist Culture Fund’s dissertation prize and was published as a book. She has published on this topic in outlets such as NRC, Trouw, Jacobin, Medisch Contact, and De Gids, and also writes poetry (including in Tirade and Samplekanon). Previously published works include the essay Baas in eigen buik and her debut collection Op navelhoogte de kans, on fertility, desire, and self-determination.

Photographer: Kaat Pype