Safe Spaces hits Episode Twelve! That’s more episodes than Star Wars (even counting the Prequels), and we’re doing our thing right here in our very own galaxy that’s not too far, far away. It doesn’t always feel like it, though, and thankfully we’ve got a veritable doozy of odds ‘n ends worth yakking about this week. Shall we begin?

First off: happy 50th Anniversary to The Beatles’ seminal concept album, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, released June 2nd, 1967 to enormous sales and much-fanfare. In the intervening time it’s prestige has only continued to grow, and should continue, despite the faddish preoccupation of delegitimizing anything someone, somewhere disagrees with. Did you know The Beatles culturally-appropriated teeny-bop music away from themselves? Neither did we!

Following up last week’s nonsensical hysteria over DC Comics/Warner Bros’ new Wonder Women film, the guys talk about bloated reviews and even more bloated expectations from the “right” type of content. From lackluster games to even more lackluster blockbusters, it’s a trip down the secret and often shilly world of “professional” criticism where intent and agenda matter most…even if nobody is listening. From here the guys segue into the recent video of The Mic’s Xavier Harding insistence that games like Street Fighter 2 – pardon the pun – lighten up in their depictions of bad guys with darker skin tones.

Conversations about superficial racial stereotyping in game journalism? Oh, you’ve got it!

Speaking of feminist superheroes, everyone’s favorite Fake Rape heroine is back: Mattress Girl Returns! That’s right, Emma Sulkowicz i.e. Mattress Girl, has resurfaced to once again make reporting actual sexual assault more difficult with a racy BDSM “art installation” that features the once mattress-laden “artist” clad in a US flag bikini, lashed to wood, verbally berated, complete with simulated violence and rope-tightening. Oh, and she’s totally with #TheResistance (of course), and anti-Trump. Of COURSE she is!

It’s simply too stupid for words alone, so here’s a link for those brave enough to watch the poor girl’s continuing mental illness on full display.

Of course, we couldn’t leave out the single biggest idiocy of the week, and by that we mean comedian Kathy Griffin’s bizarre decision to post intentionally ‘controversial’ images of her hoisting up a “severed head” of what appears to be President Donald Trump. Funny? Not really. But we’d expect nothing less from the world’s most popular D-list celebrity.

In a move that shocked our hosts, cable channel CNN quickly distanced themselves from their favorite New Years co-host, axing her planned appearance with Anderson Cooper. The jury’s still out if the network will rid themselves of her complete (don’t count on it), but at the time of this writing the only sponsor to wipe Griffin entirely from their ranks is the Squatty Potty Toilet Stool, which is a thing that (dare we say it) deserves better than to link its bowel-enhancing futures with a potty-mouth comedian.

There’s bound to be more dismissals coming, too, as the virtue signaling sponsors join the chorus to show their disapproval. There’s no big loss to the culture, however, as Griffin’s ads were never as great or inventive as the company’s iconic ice cream-pooping unicorn one. And…with that image in mind it’s about as good a place to wrap things up for the week.Enjoy the weekend, and just remember that it’s always easier to get with a little help from your friends. Like your Safe Space friends! Psychotropics not included.