If Avril Lavigne had lots of new hit songs, she'd be interviewed by People or Rolling Stone, but she just has lots of new tattoos, so she's interviewed by Inked magazine.

Uh huh. The "sk8tr grl" thing and the punk look and the goth phase may have been personas designed to sell albums, but we're just miserable cynics. Here's the "controversial" portion of the article:

Classy! Some day she may wish she'd tattooed it backwards, so you can see your favorite word in the mirror, but her kids can't. If she has kids at some point, that is.

Her new album is due any day now, supposedly; she's been working on it for two years.