Therese Oneill

Therese Oneill

@ThereseNOneill

Therese Oneill is a freelancer whose work has been featured in The Salem Monthly, The Atlantic, and American Library Journal. She lives in Oregon with her husband and two kids. Her interests include morbid fascination both with medical oddities and Shirley Temple. To further enjoy her inappropriate insights and heartfelt rants, follow her on her blog.

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18 Outlandish Uses of Real and Fake Body Parts on Etsy

For millennia, artists have been using the human body as a source of inspiration. Here are some of the more innovative uses of the human body, actual and symbolic, available for purchase on Etsy.... READ ON

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5 Crazy Examples of Fear in Advertising

It’s our duty to tell you about these five things you might not have known were out to ruin your life.... READ ON

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River Pigs and Gong Farmers: 7 Jobs We’re Glad are Obsolete

Take comfort that time has swept away many horrible, dangerous, and stinky occupations. Here are seven jobs in which redundancy is a relief.... READ ON

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To Great Lengths: 7 Historic Cures for Impotence

We may think of the inability to get or maintain an erection as a problem reserved for the ruggedly handsome 50-year-old millionaires joyously piloting their yachts in the background of Viagra commercials. But there has never been a time or place where men weren’t extremely attached to their penises, and the sexual vitality and youth they represent. Here are seven historic methods men used to regain a firm grasp on their masculinity.... READ ON

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Fatal Attraction: 7 Terrifying Beauty Practices from History

Here are seven primitive beauty practices that are almost as scary as modern ones.... READ ON

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11 Couch Designs of the Future

Are you just gonna sit there? When you could be sprawling, cuddling, storing, or hiding? Check out 11 new concepts in sofa design.... READ ON

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Don’t Change a Thing: 8 Inventions That Never Needed Updating

Constant improvement is what we do. So how amazing is it that there exist a handful of objects that, though 100 years old or more, are still perfect?... READ ON

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10 Old Sayings We Need to Bring Back

Before the Internet, we could not use memes of Willy Wonka or a triumphant baby to express ourselves. Instead, we used proverbs; catchy lines that encapsulate universal truths. Here are 10 that should really be brought back.... READ ON

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Who's Sorry Now? 8 Belated Apologies from the History Books

It’s very easy to get caught in the 21st century. Sexual indiscretions, racist tirades, and drug abuse: It’s likely they’re all being recorded in some way, and glum-faced apologies delivered to the world via Oprah are daily news. But it wasn’t always so. Until recently you had to screw up pretty big to lay down a public mea culpa. Usually after years of public outrage, and long after the victims could be helped by it. ... READ ON

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7 of the World’s Oldest Food Finds

Food rots fast. Therefore it is cause for great history-nerd celebration when archeologists dig up food preserved centuries past its expiration date. Here are seven of the most venerable victuals. ... READ ON

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