Kirsten Fleming
Background
Kirsten Fleming is The Post's features columnist, writing on a variety of topics across pop culture, sports and politics. Previously, she was a senior features reporter covering the intersection of sports and culture, lifestyle and quirky New York City-centric tales. She also reported on city crime and local news. Kirsten lives in Manhattan and graduated from Providence College.
Latest Articles
Dems are kidding themselves: Kamala is just a bad — and terribly awkward — candidate
July 4, 2024 | 6:13pmShe is simply not presidential material and no amount of hype will get her over the line.
Jill Biden's Vogue cover proves how painfully out of touch the president's family is
July 1, 2024 | 7:45pmJill Biden told Vogue in a last-minute, post-debate comment that her husband would “will always do what’s best for the country.” Except step down, of course.
Amazon censoring the 'Full Metal Jacket' movie poster proves how screwed up our priorities are
June 26, 2024 | 7:02pmActor Matthew Modine is right to criticize Amazon for erasing the phrase "Born to Kill'' from the iconic "Full Metal Jacket" movie poster.
You know why Justin Timberlake is 'hard to love'? Because he refuses to apologize
June 24, 2024 | 6:44pmWe've heard not a peep from him about being taken downtown by a babyface copper who had no idea he was arresting the very man responsible for bringing sexy back.
The WNBA's real problem with Caitlin Clark? She's doesn't genuflect over privilege
June 21, 2024 | 5:38pmIt's become evident why the WNBA has had trouble growing: A very narrow culture that is as much about progressive politics as it is about hoops.
Poor Jennifer Garner continues to have to tend to her bratty fourth child — Ben Affleck
June 17, 2024 | 6:27pmIn 2005, Jennifer Garner married the man who would become her fourth child. And what a problem kid Ben Affleck has turned out to be.
Bravo to Lunden Roberts for showing the Bidens grace — even as they still largely ignore Hunter's daughter
June 13, 2024 | 6:03pmIn interviews to plug her new book, "Out of the Shadows: My Life Inside the Wild World of Hunter Biden," out Aug. 20, Roberts is downright charitable in her recounting...
For the sake of America, Joey Chestnut and Nathan's Hot Dogs must come to a peace agreement
June 12, 2024 | 6:03pmIt's time to squash the beef.
Trans teens shouldn't expect peers to cheer them — instead, blame adult activists for lying to them
June 5, 2024 | 5:44pmSportsmanship is a two-way street — but blame adult activists for making teen trans athletes think they deserve kudos from the girls they rob of opportunity.
Fauci's God complex destroyed trust in American institutions
June 4, 2024 | 6:00amDr. Anthony Fauci, who testified before the House Monday, has essentially admitted major parts of his prescription for the public were not, in fact, backed by science.
Thank god, this long and painful commencement season is finally over
May 31, 2024 | 7:12pmWe've made it. We really did it. We have finally reached the last stretch of commencement season — which came after an unusually long encampment season.
Hillary Clinton just can't stop blaming everyone else for her failures
May 28, 2024 | 5:19pmRussia. Deplorables. Bernie Sanders. And now women. All have been blamed by Hillary Clinton for her 2016 presidential loss.
Charles Barkley was right about people being 'petty' over Caitlin Clark — but he called out the wrong voices
May 23, 2024 | 7:26pmAs usual, Sir Charles cut through the nonsense with his bluntness — but his target may have been a smidge off.
Scarlett Johansson's fight against OpenAI exposes the absolute arrogance of Silicon Valley
May 21, 2024 | 7:40pmWe've seen over and over again that Silicon Valley's tech overlords are greedy pirates who don't respect anyone else's creations.
Congress is like an episode of 'Jerry Springer,' as trash-talk pols represent themselves, not us
May 17, 2024 | 5:40pmJerry Springer used to play instigator and referee to brawling guests. He would have been right at home in the House of Representatives this week.
Stop trying to cancel KC kicker Harrison Butker — it's more American to just disagree with him
May 16, 2024 | 7:35pmDisagreeing with Harrison Butker's views isn't enough for some Americans, who want payback simply because they find his personal values offensive.
How the #Resistance put 'good leftist' Nellie Bowles out in the scold
May 14, 2024 | 7:32pmBowles is holding up a mirror to ultra-progressives who gave us "fiery but mostly peaceful protests" — and who're too fanatical to see they're farcical.
Jerry Seinfeld actually had a great message for Duke graduation protesters — too bad they missed it
May 13, 2024 | 7:10pmFor a man who created a show about nothing, Seinfeld offered lot of meaningful principles. Too bad the most self-serious members of Duke's audience missed his advice.
Reconstruction of Oct. 7 massacre is a punch to the gut, the senses and the tear ducts
May 11, 2024 | 6:00am“The Nova Music Festival Exhibition: October 7th 06:29am – The Moment Music Stood Still," in Manhattan, shows what really happened.
Tom Brady roast was shocking, crude and filthy — and the best thing that could have happened to him
May 7, 2024 | 6:26pmWith white jokes, black jokes, gay jokes, Jewish jokes — and jabs Jabs about CTE and Brady's failed marriage to Gisele Bündchen — the roast felt like shedding decades of political correctness.