Learn English – Should I use “is needed” or “is in need”?

I think the arguments on that site are pretty weak.

For one, the argument that "If you can't think of an example, there mustn't be one" is very poor. A lack of imagination does not constitute a robust argument.

In addition, the writer suggests replacing the pluralising 's' with a 'z', to get over the problem of singular and plural possessives. So, he's asking us to ditch the apostrophe and change pluralisation.

On top of that, the rationale for removing them are spurious at best:

1. Redundant: Hardly makes the case for this, as noted above
2. Costly: The idea that apostrophes makes up a considerable amount of a proof-reader's effort is bogus.
3. Snobbery: Removing the apostrophe will hardly bring about a revolution in attitudes. Snobs don't need tools to be snobs.
4. Text messaging: Citing the mores of txtspk as justification for eradicating a punctuation mark? Let's lose those pesky vowels, too, eh? Hell, Hawaii makes do with just 13 letters (if you include the 'okina (hello apostrophe!))
5. Impeding communication: I can't speak generally to this, but I've never come across a situation where the presence of an apostrophe has made it difficult to understand something. Nor have I struggled to express myself when faced with a potential apostrophe hole
6. Distraction: If the presence of misplaced apostrophes drives you to distraction, you probably have bigger issues to deal with than misplaced apostrophes.

Sure, sure, this is all pretty subjective. However, the very argument for removing apostrophes given on that site is riddled with straw men and subjective viewpoints.

In the absence of compelling reasons to remove the apostrophe, "legacy" becomes a very compelling reason to keep them.

The reflexive pronouns (which end in -self) can only be used when the person or thing they refer to is the same as the subject in the clause where it appears.

In the clause in question here, the subject is my tummy, the verb is is eating, and the problematic pronoun at the end (the object) is me/myself.

If you use a pronoun instead of the noun phrase my tummy, it has to be it: “How is my tummy? It is hungry”. That means it is a pronoun in the third person—not the same as me, which is the first person.

Therefore, you cannot use the reflexive pronoun; it must be:

I am so hungry it feels like my tummy is eating me.

If the object being eaten were not you as a person, but the tummy which is also doing the eating, a reflexive pronoun would be called for—but then it would not be myself, since the tummy is third person; it would have to be itself:

I am so hungry it feels like my tummy is eating itself.