As a hard novice in the realm of domination (I’m more on the submissive side myself), attending Saturday’s workshop on the BDSM art of Shaming was a deviation from my usual, decisively vanilla, Saturday afternoon. For the Taillors leading the workshop, however, this is just another day at the dungeon.

The Taillor Group is a Brooklyn-based BDSM Collective and Domination School catering to kink-positive feminists of all levels and experience. Previously headquartered at The Crown in Bed Stuy, the collective relocated to Bushwick in April after being protested out of the neighborhood by a disapproving community member.

Since vacating their headquarters on Quincy Street, the collective has settled into a cozy brownstone off the Gates Ave JMZ stop where they continue hosting a variety of BDSM/kink workshops, self-defense classes and private sessions — all of it strictly legal.