Lizzie Marvelly hit with online hate

Musician and writer Lizzie Marvelly has waged a long campaign against online bullying.

She addressed trolls directly in a column for the Herald last year, in which she blasted them for "detailing all of the ways in which I am wrong, worthless, stupid, racist, misandrist, promiscuous, undeserving, unqualified, too much this, and not enough that".

Marvelly went on to say: "The fact that you hide behind a screen does not absolve you from the consequences of your actions. ‘Troll’ is a quaint word, reminiscent of fairy tales. It does not appropriately describe you. You are bullies, plain and simple. And you should be ashamed of yourselves."

She also wrote that she had better things to do with her time than to engage with online bullies – that is until they went after her father...

It's truly sad to see the horrible things that some people write online about others. Stay strong Lizzie!