In this article, the author highlights how systemic forces both fuel assaults on scholar-activists in the present day "and" how oppressive systems can lead to scholars responding in ways that (sub)consciously amplify and spread this systemic violence. In doing so, he demonstrates how an increased understanding of these processes might inform the ways in which scholars can more effectively navigate this turbulent terrain. Building on this analysis, he advocates for a more "humanizing scholarly resistance" that is grounded in humanizing critique, collective envisioning of more humanized scholarly social justice circles, and humanizing the process of advocacy.