Lizzie Marvelly is a musician, writer and activist.
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Lizzie Marvelly: Tramadol trend is a prescription for trouble
COMMENT: Tramadol is not a drug that you want to muck around with.
The lethal truth about online abuse
OPINION: Disagree by all means, but nasty personal attacks are out of line.
Holidays, romance..and a male pill
COMMENT: It takes two to tango - so it's time men took equal contraceptive responsibility.
Marvelly: What's wrong with clickbait?
COMMENT: Embrace the new - it's the way of the world, says Lizzie Marvelly.
Parents. We need to talk about your sons
COMMENT: Rape culture doesn't exclusively hurt our young women, it harms our young men as well, says Lizzie Marvelly.
Lizzie Marvelly: Mind the gap
COMMENT: There is only one word that can truly take responsibility for gender pay disparity, and it is sexism.
Marvelly: Toilets new battleground
COMMENT: I greatly resent Family First attempting to use experiences of sexual violence in order to advance its anti-trans agenda.
Lizzie Marvelly: It's your move, oldies
COMMENT: If we had more people in Parliament who would live long enough to experience the results of their actions, we'd all be better off.
Here's to love of slow-blooming kind
COMMENT: The teddies and cupids Valentine's Day brings are vile but dedicating a day to romance is still a lovely idea, writes Lizzie Marvelly.
Marvelly: Racism belongs in past, not future
COMMENT: February 6 marks the one day out of 365 on which we are encouraged to contemplate our unique and imperfect history.
Lizzie Marvelly: Global battle cry for equality sign the resistance has begun
COMMENT: Trump's signing of death warrant for vulnerable women around world shows exactly what fight is about, writes Lizzie Marvelly.
Lizzie Marvelly: Can love Trump hate?
COMMENT: If there's one thing we can probably all agree on, it's that the slogan "love trumps hate" turned out to be about as useful as tits on a bull.
Marvelly: Tell me why we are cringing
COMMENT: Let me tell you a story of broken promises, generations of injustice, second-class treatment and now, of political expediency, writes Lizzie Marvelly.