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MOST ELIGIBLE SINGLES: Soph Bonde

Meet D.C.’s top 20 LGBT bachelors and bachelorettes

Published

9 years ago

February 6, 2018

Staff reports

Soph Bonde (Photo courtesy of Bonde)

Name: Soph Bonde

Age: 25

Occupation: CEO and publisher of Argot Magazine

Identify as: queer/lesbian

What are you looking for in a mate? I’m not totally sure what I’m looking for; sometimes the chemistry is there and sometimes it’s not. There are qualities I think it’s important for a person to have or embody and I try my hardest to reflect those too. I believe in consideration and care, empathy and kindness. I like people who are ambitious in their own lives and driven to succeed not just in their careers but in bettering themselves. Someone with boundaries and who knows themselves, where they end and you begin. Let’s just say I’m looking for someone to competitively brunch with.

Biggest turn-off: Bad tipping habits, treating people callously.

Biggest turn-on: Good communication.

Hobbies: Hanging out with my dog, eating macaroni and cheese, watching nature documentaries on Netflix.

Describe your ideal first date: Food and a museum, can’t go wrong with that.

Pets, kids or neither? Well I have a dog and he and I are pretty much a package deal. It’s really hard to want children, the cost and responsibility just feels like too much to me at this point in time. I also think climate change is just too much of a burden to put on the next generation and if we’re talking about biological children, it’d feel irresponsible to bring further people into world.

Would you date someone whose political views differ from yours? I don’t think I would date someone more conservative than I, but I would date someone more liberal than I am (if they would deign to have more conservative me).

Celebrity crush: SZA is a fantastic artist and has a really gorgeous smile.

One obscure fact about yourself: I went to sailing camp in the summer for a few years and used to competitively sail.

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Clavicular charged in alleged rape of teenage influencer

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September 23, 2026

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Braden Peters a.k.a. "Clavicular" (Screen capture via NBC News/YouTube)

Online personality Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, has been accused of rape.

According to NBC, Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, an 18-year-old influencer known online as Alorah or Alorah Ziva, accused Peters of sexual assault, and the case is making its way through the court system.

The alleged incident occurred on May 23, 2025, when Mendoza was 17.

According to a criminal complaint from the Chatham (Mass.) Police Department, Peters called her an Uber to his family’s home. Once there, he allegedly got her drunk on vodka while they livestreamed on Twitch and then raped her. His mother and grandmother were allegedly in the house.

The documents allege Clavicular committed rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse, and procuring and providing liquor to a person under 21.

According to court documents acquired by NPR, Mendoza began communicating with Peters on Instagram, where he paid her to appear on his livestreams to help her “make her name known on social media.”

According to those documents, Peters arranged for the minor to come to Cape Cod home to participate in a videostream for his 437,000 followers on Kick, 1.2 million followers on TikTok, and more than 1 million followers on Instagram.

At his home, Peters allegedly instructed Mendoza to say she was 18 on his videostream and to claim the alcohol on camera was water instead of vodka. Mendoza said she felt peer-pressured to drink the spirit and that she became noticeably intoxicated after a couple of drinks.

The allegations go on to state that after stopping the stream, Peters and Mendoza kissed on a couch and then had sex in his bed without her consent. Mendoza said she did not receive a sexual assault forensic exam after the incident. NPR does not name alleged victims of sexual assault.

The charges come months after Mendoza sued Peters in Miami, accusing him of sexual battery in connection with the events of May 2025. The civil lawsuit also separately alleges that he injected her face with a non-FDA-approved fat-dissolving substance during a November livestream in Florida.

Peters is known for his “looksmaxxing” concept of vanity, which is at the core of his online presence. The “looksmaxxing” culture he has helped cultivate combines elements of incel culture and heterosexuality, with the stated goal of attracting the opposite sex. He has gone as far as to say he has undergone “bonesmashing,” or hitting his own face with a hammer; taken anabolic steroids to more rapidly grow muscle; and used crystal meth as an appetite suppressant.

At the same time, looksmaxxing has been described as having elements of homoeroticism, with “looksmaxxers” appearing more concerned with impressing other men than women. Peters has multiple times pointed to openly gay actor Matt Bomer as the gold standard for male facial aesthetics.

Peters’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 14.