Kirsten Fleming

Kirsten Fleming

About the Columnist

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.

The Archive

Amazon censoring the 'Full Metal Jacket' movie poster proves how screwed up our priorities are

Actor 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

We'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

It'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

In 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

In 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...

Trans teens shouldn't expect peers to cheer them — instead, blame adult activists for lying to them

Sportsmanship 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

Dr. 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

We'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

Russia. 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

As 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

We'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

Jerry 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

Disagreeing 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

Bowles 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

For 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

“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

With 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.

The real twist in Netflix hit 'Baby Reindeer': It's turned curious viewers into stalkers

When the series ends, the story doesn't. There remain more mysteries to be solved — and some fans are taking it to an ironic level.

Howard Stern's spineless kiss-up to Biden is a new low for the shock jock's edgy reputation

Stern used to hold guest's feet to the fire. But with Biden, there was no talk of the border crisis, antisemitism on college campuses or nosebleed inflation.