diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/stream.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/stream.js
index f18fca61b..3873f8650 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/stream.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/stream.js
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 //= require ../collections/posts
+//= require ../collections/photos
 app.models.Stream = Backbone.Collection.extend({
-  initialize : function(){
-    this.posts = new app.collections.Posts([], this.postOptions());
+  initialize : function(models, options){
+    var collection = app.collections.Posts;
+    if( options && options.collection ) collection = options.collection;
+    this.items = new collection([], this.collectionOptions());
   },
 
-  postOptions :function(){
+  collectionOptions :function(){
       var order = this.sortOrder();
       return {
-          comparator : function(post) { return -post[order](); }
+          comparator : function(item) { return -item[order](); }
       }
   },
 
   url : function(){
-    return _.any(this.posts.models) ? this.timeFilteredPath() : this.basePath()
+    return _.any(this.items.models) ? this.timeFilteredPath() : this.basePath()
   },
 
   fetch: function() {
     if(this.isFetching()){ return false }
     var url = this.url()
-    this.deferred = this.posts.fetch({
+    this.deferred = this.items.fetch({
         add : true,
         url : url
     }).done(_.bind(this.triggerFetchedEvents, this))
@@ -31,8 +34,9 @@ app.models.Stream = Backbone.Collection.extend({
   triggerFetchedEvents : function(resp){
     this.trigger("fetched", this);
     // all loaded?
-    if(resp.posts && (resp.posts.author || resp.posts.length == 0)) {
-      this.trigger("allPostsLoaded", this);
+    var respItems = this.items.parse(resp);
+    if(respItems && (respItems.author || respItems.length == 0)) {
+      this.trigger("allItemsLoaded", this);
     }
   },
 
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ app.models.Stream = Backbone.Collection.extend({
   },
 
   maxTime: function(){
-    var lastPost = _.last(this.posts.models);
+    var lastPost = _.last(this.items.models);
     return lastPost[this.sortOrder()]()
   },
 
@@ -54,6 +58,6 @@ app.models.Stream = Backbone.Collection.extend({
   },
 
   add : function(models){
-    this.posts.add(models)
+    this.items.add(models)
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
index dd8f4c6e2..064cdd523 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     app.stream = new app.models.Stream();
     app.stream.fetch();
     app.page = new app.views.Stream({model : app.stream});
-    app.publisher = app.publisher || new app.views.Publisher({collection : app.stream.posts});
+    app.publisher = app.publisher || new app.views.Publisher({collection : app.stream.items});
 
-    var streamFacesView = new app.views.StreamFaces({collection : app.stream.posts});
+    var streamFacesView = new app.views.StreamFaces({collection : app.stream.items});
 
     $("#main_stream").html(app.page.render().el);
     $('#selected_aspect_contacts .content').html(streamFacesView.render().el);
   },
 
   photos : function() {
-    app.photos = new app.models.Photos();
+    app.photos = new app.models.Stream([], {collection: app.collections.Photos});
     app.page = new app.views.Photos({model : app.photos});
     $("#main_stream").html(app.page.render().el);
   },
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js
index 74cab7757..d20b1e224 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ app.views.Photos = Backbone.View.extend({
 
   initialize : function(options) {
     this.photos = this.model;
-    this.collection = this.model.photos;
+    this.collection = this.model.items;
 
     this.setupEvents();
     this.setupLightbox();
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ app.views.Photos = Backbone.View.extend({
     if(this.model.fetch()) {
       this.appendLoader();
     };
-    
+
     return this;
   },
 
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ app.views.Photos = Backbone.View.extend({
     $(this.el).delegate("a.photo-link", "click", this.lightbox.lightboxImageClicked);
   },
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_faces_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_faces_view.js
index 70fa6055b..949e8d0b0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_faces_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_faces_view.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 app.views.StreamFaces = app.views.Base.extend({
-  
+
   templateName : "stream-faces",
 
   className : "stream-faces",
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ app.views.StreamFaces = app.views.Base.extend({
 
   initialize : function(){
     this.updatePeople()
-    app.stream.posts.bind("add", this.updatePeople, this)
+    app.stream.items.bind("add", this.updatePeople, this)
   },
 
   presenter : function() {
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ app.views.StreamFaces = app.views.Base.extend({
 
     this.render();
   }
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_view.js
index a379c1af8..bf4de92f3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_view.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 app.views.Stream = Backbone.View.extend({
   initialize: function(options) {
     this.stream = this.model
-    this.collection = this.model.posts
+    this.collection = this.model.items
 
     this.setupEvents()
     this.setupInfiniteScroll()
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ app.views.Stream = Backbone.View.extend({
 
   setupEvents : function(){
     this.stream.bind("fetched", this.removeLoader, this)
-    this.stream.bind("allPostsLoaded", this.unbindInfScroll, this)
+    this.stream.bind("allItemsLoaded", this.unbindInfScroll, this)
     this.collection.bind("add", this.addPost, this);
 
     app.currentUser.bind("nsfwChanged", reRenderPostViews, this)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ app.views.Stream = Backbone.View.extend({
     this.stream.fetch()
     this.appendLoader()
   },
-  
+
   appendLoader: function(){
     $("#paginate").html($("<img>", {
       src : "/assets/static-loader.png",
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/models/stream_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/models/stream_spec.js
index c7a18f621..363024ae8 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/models/stream_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/models/stream_spec.js
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ describe("app.models.Stream", function() {
     beforeEach(function(){
       postFetch = new $.Deferred()
 
-      spyOn(this.stream.posts, "fetch").andCallFake(function(){
+      spyOn(this.stream.items, "fetch").andCallFake(function(){
         return postFetch
       })
     })
 
-    it("it fetches posts from the window's url, and ads them to tthe collection", function() {
+    it("it fetches posts from the window's url, and ads them to the collection", function() {
       this.stream.fetch()
-      expect(this.stream.posts.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ add : true, url : this.expectedPath});
+      expect(this.stream.items.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ add : true, url : this.expectedPath});
     });
 
     it("returns the json path with max_time if the collection has models", function() {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe("app.models.Stream", function() {
       this.stream.add(post);
 
       this.stream.fetch()
-      expect(this.stream.posts.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ add : true, url : this.expectedPath + "?max_time=1234"});
+      expect(this.stream.items.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ add : true, url : this.expectedPath + "?max_time=1234"});
     });
 
     it("triggers fetched on the stream when it is fetched", function(){
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ describe("app.models.Stream", function() {
       expect(fetchedSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
     })
 
-    it("triggers allPostsLoaded on the stream when zero posts are returned", function(){
+    it("triggers allItemsLoaded on the stream when zero posts are returned", function(){
       var fetchedSpy = jasmine.createSpy()
-      this.stream.bind('allPostsLoaded', fetchedSpy)
+      this.stream.bind('allItemsLoaded', fetchedSpy)
       this.stream.fetch()
       postFetch.resolve({posts : []})
       expect(fetchedSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
     })
 
-    it("triggers allPostsLoaded on the stream when a Post is returned", function(){
+    it("triggers allItemsLoaded on the stream when a Post is returned", function(){
       var fetchedSpy = jasmine.createSpy()
-      this.stream.bind('allPostsLoaded', fetchedSpy)
+      this.stream.bind('allItemsLoaded', fetchedSpy)
       this.stream.fetch()
       postFetch.resolve({posts : factory.post().attributes})
       expect(fetchedSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js
index c96a39df8..51cedb9c7 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ describe("app.views.Photos", function() {
 
     this._photos = $.parseJSON(spec.readFixture("photos_json"))["photos"];
 
-    this.photos = new app.models.Photos();
+    this.photos = new app.models.Stream([], {collection: app.collections.Photos});
     this.photos.add(this._photos);
 
     this.view = new app.views.Photos({model : this.photos});
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe("app.views.Photos", function() {
 
   describe("#render", function() {
     beforeEach(function() {
-      this.photo = this.photos.photos.models[0];
+      this.photo = this.photos.items.models[0];
       this.photoElement = $(this.view.$("#" + this.photo.get("guid")));
     });
 
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ describe("app.views.Photos", function() {
       expect($("#paginate")).toBeEmpty();
     });
   });
-  
+
 });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_faces_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_faces_view_spec.js
index 31cbd0eeb..956802492 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_faces_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_faces_view_spec.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe("app.views.StreamFaces", function(){
 
     app.stream = new app.models.Stream()
     app.stream.add([this.post1, this.post2, this.post3, this.post4, this.post5, this.post6, this.post7]);
-    this.posts = app.stream.posts
+    this.posts = app.stream.items
 
     this.view = new app.views.StreamFaces({collection : this.posts})
   })
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
index 4e8730aab..79f397b66 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe("app.views.Stream", function() {
 
   describe("#render", function() {
     beforeEach(function() {
-      this.statusMessage = this.stream.posts.models[0];
+      this.statusMessage = this.stream.items.models[0];
       this.statusElement = $(this.view.$(".stream_element")[0]);
     });