Dockterman is a correspondent at TIME. She covers culture, society, and gender, including topics from blockbuster movies to the #MeToo movement to how the pandemic pushed moms out of the workplace. I ...

“The ‘I hate pink’ phase was never about the color,” an Instagram post reads. With more than 20.9 million views, the post’s comments are rooted in a concept that has driven society’s perception of ...

For example, if you’ve recently been to a fast food restaurant, you might notice that there’s a lot of red–red chairs and red signs, red trays, and red cups. When, on the other hand, was the last time ...

Elvis Presley’s iconic 1955 Cadillac, Marilyn Monroe in a figure-hugging dress in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the sea of “pussyhats” that swarmed the Women’s March in Washington DC earlier this ...

Installation view of Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color at the Museum at FIT. Objects lent by Raina Bajpai, Jessica Barber and Jennifer Morgan, Grazia d’Annunzio, The Fashion Class, ...

Pink—which may go back over a billion years—was once the color of fierce ancient hunters, powerful French women, and yes, boys. Pink has long beguiled humans—used to dye clothing and tint cheeks even ...