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Foreword Eleanor Wachtel 1
Introduction 5
Part 1 The Journalist's Journey 11
1 My Life as a Dame: Chapter 1 15
2 My Life as a Dame: Chapter 2 37
3 The Prospector in the Pink Penthouse 44
4 The New Machismo 54
5 Mag Cult: The Opiate of the Faddists 62
6 Lapping It Up 66
Part 2 Canadian Society: The Low and the High 75
7 Springhill: The Town That Won't Give Up 81
8 The New Power in the New West 89
9 The Long Ordeal of William Wilder 101
10 Canadian Cities: Let's Cherish Their Safety While We May 114
11 Politics and Pornography: The Yonge Street Cleanup 120
12 Requiem for the High Life 129
13 Cathedral of Chic 136
Part 3 Feminist in Arms 151
14 Strong Women Who Could Endure 155
15 Some Awkward Truths the Royal Commission Missed 162
16 Down with Alimony 167
17 The Split Syndrome 172
18 In Ottawa, Women Are Either Babes or Blobs 176
19 Women and Political Power: What's Holding Us Back? 182
Part 4 The Drama of Politics 193
20 The Unlikely Gladiators: Pearson and Diefenbaker Remembered 201
21 The End of an Era 215
22 What Was Important About The Gordon Commission 222
23 How Mel Watkins Brought Socialism to the NDP 228
24 Growing Up Reluctantly 238
25 The 10 Percent Solution: Canada's Colonial Neurosis 249
26 The Unquiet American 253
27 De Gaulle's Gaffe Was a Pivotal Point for Canada 261
28 Learning French Is No Longer a Courtesy in Ottawa 266
29 Ten Years: From the Quiet Revolution to the Apprehended Insurrection 271
30 Bridging the Great Canadian Divide 276
31 Our Heroes on the Russian Front 280
32 The Exotic Mindscape of Pierre Trudeau 294
33 Bowing Out: John Turner'sResignation 308
34 Jim Coutts and the Politics of Manipulation 313
Endpiece 341
35 What Won't Appear in My Next Paradise 345
After Words 349
Index 363
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