This study explored the buffering quality of several characteristics (including self-esteem, autonomy, spirituality, religiosity, & social support) against suicidality. A total of 120 college-age women participated in the study. The full regression model that included hopelessness & a constellation of characteristics conceptually associated with feminist orientation was able to predict significantly suicide risk in this sample. However, feminist characteristics did not add to the variance in suicide risk above & beyond that which was accounted for by hopelessness, nor did the model predict suicide attitudes.