"Tony Vara's feed is so eclectic that it's hard to describe. It feels like peak Gen Z. There are videos where he rants about Love Island. There are "get ready with me" posts where he's doing his makeup before going out. But he's also been working his way through the Bible-reviewing it like it's any other piece of content. He can clearly talk about anything."
"Back in July, his feed took a turn when Immigration and Customs Enforcement took his mom. Vara is Latino. His mom is Salvadoran. And while he is a citizen, she is not. He had moved to Los Angeles after graduating from college in Virginia, but his mother's arrest turned his world upside down. On a recent episode of What Next, host Mary Harris spoke to Vara about how he used his popular TikTok account to document his family's separation."
Tony Vara is a Gen Z TikTok creator whose eclectic feed ranges from Love Island rants and makeup 'get ready with me' videos to Bible reviews. Hundreds of thousands of followers engage with his outspoken, often jokey tone that sometimes draws criticism for being loud, strident, or flippant about race and class. Vara publicly documented his family's separation after Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained his Salvadoran mother in July, highlighting his family's mixed citizenship status and the personal upheaval that followed. He grew up in multicultural northern Virginia and moved to Los Angeles after college.
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