Contemporary social movements are operating in complex spaces, physical and digital, owing to a palpable disconnect between narratives and expectations of democratic peace, and the increasing militarization of states and security institutions. Aggressive responses, particularly by police, stand in stark contrast to largely peaceful civilian demands for accountability which, even at their most ferocious, cannot match the brute force of militarized state security machinery. The creation of alternative spaces for mobilization online shields activisms from aggressive physical security responses but is giving way to different kinds of control that are no less forceful. By comparing two prominent ongoing, internationalized activisms against violence respectively by terrorists and states, 'Bring Back Our Girls', and 'Black Lives Matter', I aim to observe the workings of present-day politics of resistance/contention by looking at how both are navigating militarized public spaces and the interactions among the multiple, intersectional invisibilities occasioned by their existence.