Michaels lives very much so by the "you do you" philosophy, even if a majority of the world does not. Back in May of 2020 when she said "social norms can eat an aubergine" and decided to stop shaving her armpits, people had a lot to say about it — and they still do, but she doesn't let it bother her.
"I had taken a trip with some of my friends and [my underarm hair] had started to grow out and when I shaved it, I didn't feel like myself; it was really strange," said Michaels. After talking to her boyfriend about it, she decided to stop shaving the hair altogether and has stuck with it ever since. "I was like, so long as my boyfriend still wants to f*ck me, I'm cool," she said.
There's something really liberating about doing the things that people tell you not to do. If it's something as simple as growing my armpit hair out, I'm down for it.
The reason anyone decides to remove or not to remove their body hair is a personal choice, but for Michaels it's partially about just doing whatever feels right and partially about sticking it to haters. "There's something really liberating about doing the things that people tell you not to do and I get a kick out of that," she said. "If it's something as simple as growing my armpit hair out, I'm down for it. You'd be surprised at how many men comment on my social media still being like 'That's disgusting. You should shave it,' and it's like, why do you feel like you can comment on my body?"