
Kirsten Fleming
Kirsten Fleming is a features columnist at the New York Post.
Background
Kirsten writes about 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
Katy Perry's Blue Origin space mess shows world is fed up with entitled celebs who think they're owed adoration
April 17, 2025 | 7:33pmI thought space tourism was supposed to take the gravity out of things. But Perry and Gayle King landed back on earth with their egos bigger and bulkier than ever.
I went inside AOC & Bernie Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour — here's what the right should know
April 15, 2025 | 7:43pmFor better or worse, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are filling the pews on their "Fighting Oligarchy" tour. It's important for Republicans — and Democrats — to understand why.
American ballerina's touching reunion with boyfriend after 15 brutal months stuck in Russian prison
April 12, 2025 | 5:11pmWhen Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina stepped off an airplane in Maryland Thursday after 15 months in a grim Russian prison.
Viral CNN clip of Anderson Cooper getting schooled on pronouns exposes major fault in Dem Party
April 10, 2025 | 7:08pmThe condescending clip was arguably the most consequential bit of game film from the Dems' performance in the last few years.
Mansplaining John Oliver smugly weaponizes compassion —at the expense of women's comfort and rights
April 8, 2025 | 7:23pmJohn Oliver claims trans athletes in women's sports is a right-wing bogeyman invented to be cruel. But it's actually a far-left obsession that punishes women.
Daniel Penny debuts as model in NYC fashion show -- less than 4 months after acquittal in Jordan Neely's death
April 5, 2025 | 10:48pmDaniel Penny made his debut as a model Saturday night -- as he walked a New York runway in a charity fashion show dressed in a kilt.
Meghan Markle’s jam and flower sprinkles are finally here — and so is her inauthenticity
April 2, 2025 | 7:11pmMeghan Markle is living on a higher plane and helping us slobs understand how the other half lives: They recycle jars.
Love your school mascot? You just might be a white supremacist — at least according to this LI woke scold
March 31, 2025 | 7:15pm"He is going to get banned from every diner on Long Island," comedian Ellen Karis told The Post over a lawsuit slamming a school district's new Spartan mascot.
Thanks, Jasmine Crockett! You're the absolute best ... at making the right look good
March 27, 2025 | 6:29pmWhether throwing down in the halls of Congress, lip-syncing to a diss track en route to a presidential address, or insulting people with disabilities, Jasmine Crockett is simply perfect.
In praise of goofball Adam Sandler — the man we need for America's divisive times
March 21, 2025 | 7:25pmIn a world that's so cynical, so divided, where everything is examined through a political lens, Sandler is a wisecracking, healing salve in oversized basketball shorts.
For billionaire backer Mike Repole, St. John’s March Madness magic is personal: ‘It’s giving me chills’
March 18, 2025 | 7:22pmFew fans have been as pivotal — or visible — as St. John's booster Mike Repole, whose heart is as big as his wallet.
It's pathological how hypocrite Alec Baldwin — the ultimate 'leave me alone' star — shamelessly puts his private life on public display
March 13, 2025 | 7:11pmAfter repeatedly insisting he wanted out of public life, Alec Baldwin has the unmitigated gall to invite reality TV cameras into his own home — and ask for viewers' sympathy.
Dylan Mulvaney’s shallow, narcissistic, nauseatingly pink memoir is an insult to women
March 10, 2025 | 7:10pmDylan Mulvaney's new memoir, "Paper Doll," is a study in narcissism and a deep desire for fame and public affirmation.
Dems are self-fulfilling a prophecy with embarrassing TikToks: If you act like a joke, you are a joke
March 7, 2025 | 6:09pmSomeone needs to take away the Dems' TikTok passwords, pronto.
Pod help us: Celebrity podcasts have reached the bottom of the barrel
March 6, 2025 | 6:14pmWe are, undoubtedly, in the golden age of celebrity TMI. Everyone has a podcast, and they're dying to bombard you with tawdry tidbits.
In 'With Love, Meghan,' Markle's love language is absolutely incomprehensible
March 4, 2025 | 5:54pm"With Love, Meghan" in a nutshell: In her signature flat whisper, Markle speaks as if she's reading from the embroidered tea towel selection at Home Goods.
Sick Snapchat rumors may ruin an Ole Miss co-ed's life – and it proves we're all stuck in middle school
February 28, 2025 | 7:00pmPsst, did you hear about Mary Kate Cornett at Ole Miss – and how she slept with her boyfriend Evan Solis’ dad during winter break?
Barnard's spoiled protesters expose the spineless leadership of colleges and New York's pols — again
February 27, 2025 | 7:36pmBarnard is allowing the group a run roughshod over them. Still. While acknowledging the group "showed blatant disregard for the safety of our community," the school also pandered to them.
My US ballerina girlfriend is locked up in a Russian prison over $51 – I beg President Trump to bring her home
February 24, 2025 | 2:52pm“My message is simple: Ksenia is proud to be an American citizen and loves America very much. I beg President Trump to bring Ksenia home" said boxer Chris Van Heerdan.
Meghan Markle’s latest maneuver is an insult to actual lifestyle gurus like Martha Stewart and Joanna Gaines
February 19, 2025 | 7:28pm"As Ever" might be the perfect title for Meghan Markle, who keeps trying to push the same claim in our faces, over and over again: I’m authentic!