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Balancing Act: Heidi Stevens: This year's Oscars were the most feminist yet (admittedly, a low bar)

Six years ago, Daniel Day-Lewis took home the best actor Oscar for "Lincoln," Jennifer Lawrence won best actress for "Silver Linings Playbook," "Argo" nabbed best picture ... and Seth MacFarlane opened the whole shebang with a loathsome little ditty called "We Saw Your Boobs."

Actresses, many called out by name (Kristen Stewart we saw your boobs in "On The Road," and in "Monster" we saw Charlize Theron's), sat in the audience looking appalled as MacFarlane cheerfully belted out his song-and-dance

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