diff --git a/app/presenters/aspect_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/aspect_presenter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..881be4b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/presenters/aspect_presenter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class AspectPresenter < BasePresenter
+  def initialize(aspect)
+    @aspect = aspect
+  end
+
+  def as_json
+    { :id => @aspect.id,
+      :name => @aspect.name,
+    }
+  end
+
+  def to_json(options = {})
+    as_json.to_json(options)
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/app/presenters/base_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/base_presenter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f83962e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/presenters/base_presenter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class BasePresenter
+  def self.as_collection(collection)
+    collection.map{|object| self.new(object).as_json}
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/presenters/user_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/user_presenter.rb
index 38436efd5..9804b49fa 100644
--- a/app/presenters/user_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/user_presenter.rb
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ class UserPresenter
     self.user.person.as_api_response(:backbone).update(
       { :notifications_count => notifications_count,
         :unread_messages_count => unread_messages_count,
-        :admin => admin
+        :admin => admin,
+        :aspects => aspects
       }
     ).to_json(options)
   end
 
-  protected
+  def aspects
+    AspectPresenter.as_collection(user.aspects)
+  end
 
   def notifications_count
     @notification_count ||= user.unread_notifications.count 
diff --git a/features/trumpeter.feature b/features/trumpeter.feature
index 7b42452d7..17b07e384 100644
--- a/features/trumpeter.feature
+++ b/features/trumpeter.feature
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@ Feature: Creating a new post
   Background:
     Given a user with username "bob"
     And I sign in as "bob@bob.bob"
+    And I trumpet
+    And I write "Rectangles are awesome"
 
   Scenario: Posting a public message
-    When I trumpet
-    And I write "Rectangles are awesome"
-    And I press "Share"
+    When I press "Share"
     When I go to "/stream"
     Then I should see "Rectangles are awesome" as the first post in my stream
+
+  Scenario: Posting to Aspects
+    When I select "generic" in my aspects dropdown
+    And I press "Share"
+    Then I should see "Rectangles are awesome" as a limited post in my stream
diff --git a/spec/presenters/aspect_presenter_spec.rb b/spec/presenters/aspect_presenter_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d38b97f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/presenters/aspect_presenter_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe AspectPresenter do
+  before do
+    @presenter = AspectPresenter.new(bob.aspects.first)
+  end
+
+  describe '#to_json' do
+    it 'works' do
+      @presenter.to_json.should be_present
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/spec/presenters/user_presenter_spec.rb b/spec/presenters/user_presenter_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..685dcc357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/presenters/user_presenter_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe UserPresenter do
+  before do
+    @presenter = UserPresenter.new(bob)
+  end
+
+  describe '#to_json' do
+    it 'works' do
+      @presenter.to_json.should be_present
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#aspects' do
+    it 'provides an array of the jsonified aspects' do
+      aspect = bob.aspects.first
+      @presenter.aspects.first[:id].should == aspect.id
+      @presenter.aspects.first[:name].should == aspect.name
+    end
+  end
+end
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